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03-05-2013, 03:05 AM
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Don't have a sump so I use the baster just before water change. This way the nasty stuff gets sucked out of the display with the siphon/vac thingy. I also jam the vac down into the substrate to stir things up.
If your procedure of stirring with the baster & simply making new piles hasn't caused your livestock to suffer ill effects, I guess you're ok. Skimmer will likely pull much of whatever you stir up eventually.
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03-05-2013, 07:24 PM
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I do it all the time, however I do have a filter sock on the system.
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03-05-2013, 08:00 PM
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I was using filter floss, but I took it out recently. I don't go too deep into the sand, so it doesn't seem to bother any of the corals. I wish I could vacuum my sand but my tank is too packed with corals. I do use a small hose to suck out cyano and things like that. My tank is also sumpless. The turkey Baster just kind of stirs the top 1/8 so it's all clean. I also just do it maybe 2 or 3 times a week
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03-05-2013, 08:03 PM
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I would put a bag on it when ever you blow the sand bed then take it off after a couple of hours.
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