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Glipzcom · 03-31-2008, 01:22 PM

Hey there, had a very Aquatic weekend,

I did my long overdue water change, took each piece of live rock out and scrubbed it down with a tooth brush. And modded 2 MaxiJets to get some better flow patterns.

But I still have this problem. If my power heads are even remotely near the bottom and or near the front of the glass all the sand in the front of the tank gets dug up. This has been happening for a while now. The jets are pointed and banking off the front of the glass and I think its causing the scooping action. But it seems like if i move them too hight off the sand i don't get much flow down there and then I start getting brown stuff growing on the surface of the sand. Right now i have 2 maxijet 1200's on either end of the tank facing back across the tank. I did the mod to them where you cut off the outflow so every time the Reef keeper cycles them they start up and shoot out about 25 degrees to either the right or left.

So I am posting this in sand because I am wondering is my sand just too light? I also think my sand bed might be "dead" So I was thinking of trying to get some fresh live sand to lay aross the top and hope maybe that will help "reactivate" the sand. I also need to get some more sand sifters. I dont really have anything now, the Astreas and hermits never go down on the sand if they can avoid it.

Oh, and how do you guys really check your flow? I mean when i stir the tank up with crap i can see stuff blowing around, but I dont want to have to do that every time i want to know where all that water is really getting pushed.

Whew. Thanks guys.

Heres a link to that mod I did.
Cutmaxijets

03-31-2008, 01:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
Glipzcom Spanish Shawl Nudibranch Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 93 Karma: 166	Sand, Stupid Sand Hey there, had a very Aquatic weekend, I did my long overdue water change, took each piece of live rock out and scrubbed it down with a tooth brush. And modded 2 MaxiJets to get some better flow patterns. But I still have this problem. If my power heads are even remotely near the bottom and or near the front of the glass all the sand in the front of the tank gets dug up. This has been happening for a while now. The jets are pointed and banking off the front of the glass and I think its causing the scooping action. But it seems like if i move them too hight off the sand i don't get much flow down there and then I start getting brown stuff growing on the surface of the sand. Right now i have 2 maxijet 1200's on either end of the tank facing back across the tank. I did the mod to them where you cut off the outflow so every time the Reef keeper cycles them they start up and shoot out about 25 degrees to either the right or left. So I am posting this in sand because I am wondering is my sand just too light? I also think my sand bed might be "dead" So I was thinking of trying to get some fresh live sand to lay aross the top and hope maybe that will help "reactivate" the sand. I also need to get some more sand sifters. I dont really have anything now, the Astreas and hermits never go down on the sand if they can avoid it. Oh, and how do you guys really check your flow? I mean when i stir the tank up with crap i can see stuff blowing around, but I dont want to have to do that every time i want to know where all that water is really getting pushed. Whew. Thanks guys. Heres a link to that mod I did. Cutmaxijets _________ 45 gallon all glass tank - Remora Skimmer - Aquaclear 300 - 16lbs LR - 15lbs base rock - 60lbs sand - 2x96 PC Current Orbit - 2x Maxijet 1200 - 120w VisiTherm heater 2 Clown Fish - 1 Lawnmower Bleeny - 1 Peppermint Shrimp - 1 Blue legged hermit - 3 Astrea Snails - 1 Emerald Crab (havent seen in a while)