Sand! SOS

[kien]

Originally Posted by dynamite

Yes Kien, if I keep my vortechs at its 50% I won't have any trouble however I feel like there's no enough flow!! LOL (maybe it's just me )

I test my tank's flow with my hand and like I said, it seems like there's no enough flow.. but this may be inaccurate

So I don't know what to do.. I want lots of flow for my SPS

Well, then it sounds like the obvious solution is for you to buy two more Vortechs and run them all at 50%. Problem solved.

[dynamite]

Originally Posted by kien

Well, then it sounds like the obvious solution is for you to buy two more Vortechs and run them all at 50%. Problem solved.

LOOL I wish xD 2 are enough for my tank, but I hate the fact that they're only running at its 50% urggggg... I need a solution... In the next couple days LOL

[Werbo]

I have 2 MP40s in a standard 120. I use caribsea special grade sand and I have no sand storms and it stays put. Rinse it well...

[Reefer Rob]

Sand just distracts from your corals. The sand must go! Turn those puppies up to 100%.

BTW I don't see the corals in the picture

[dynamite]

Originally Posted by Tyler Werbowski

I have 2 MP40s in a standard 120. I use caribsea special grade sand and I have no sand storms and it stays put. Rinse it well...

Thanks! Do you have at 100% or similar? Does the sand stays clean, or does it becomes a detritus trap?

Originally Posted by Reefer Rob

Sand just distracts from your corals. The sand must go! Turn those puppies up to 100%.

BTW I don't see the corals in the picture

No.. I hate the way it looks w/o sand it looks unappealing and unnatural.

I'll be gone for a month and a friend will take care of the tank So I'll wait until I come back

[Werbo]

Of couse it will become a detritus trap. As the pro-bare bottom enthusiasts will say the detritus must settle somewhere and it will settle in your sand. If you go bare bottom you can easily spot detrius build up and siphon it out. Some sandbed owners regularly vaccum their sandbed.

I only have a 1 inch sandbed and vaccum it monthly.

[dynamite]

Thanks Tyler, what kind of sand do you have and what do you use to vaccum you sand?

Thanks.