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0-6 months
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6-12 months
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1-2 years
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2+ years
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11-25-2005, 01:46 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: WA,Washington Age: 28
Posts: 40
Karma: 24
 |  how often do you change your bed?
how often do you change your sand bed?
ive had my tank for almost a year and curious if I need to worry about changing the sand out?
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20gal, 17lbs Live rock, live sand,current usa orbit power compact fixture, remora hob skimmer, 6 blue legged hermits, 5 turbo snails, 1 blood shrimp, 1 cleaner shrimp, 2 damsels, 1 Alveopora coral, 1 starburst coral. startup date dec 2004 | 
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11-25-2005, 02:06 PM
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| | Vlamingii Tang
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: St. Louis
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According to your signature, you are keeping lagoonal corals that can handle quite a few nutrients. Assuming you have decent flow, you can keep that sandbed of yours going for years and years.
If you kept SPS corals, that would be a different story. _________ Curt  | |
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11-25-2005, 07:37 PM
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| | Whip-Lash Squid
Join Date: May 2004 Location: PhillySuburbs, Pennsylvania Age: 42
Posts: 2,947
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I checked 6-12 months, but I only do a section at a time. About 1/4 every 6 to 12 months. I keep a mixed reef, and stir my sand weekly.  You could definitly go longer, like Inwall says  _________  I Love My Sig By John Hawkins!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date Started 9/04 58 gallon Oceanic Tank, 20 gal DIY sump/fuge w/ Kent Marine Auto top-off, Air Water Ice RO/DI, 10,000 K 175 W MH, 2 VHO 03's 96W each, AquaC EV 120 Skimmer
80 lbs LR, DSB in FUGE, 1 - 2 " LS in tank
Black Brittle Star, Chevron Tang, Crocea Clam, red & green Lobophyllia, Frogspawn, Porites Frag, Caulastrea Frag, Green Ricordia, Asst. Zoas, hermits, astreas, stomatellas, fighting conch | |
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11-25-2005, 08:52 PM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Clifton, NJ,New_Jersey
Posts: 156
Karma: 2
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Ive had my tank for a year now and have not changed or stired my sand bed.
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10/26/04:72 bow w/160lbs Fiji Rock, 2-250w MH, 2 96w 03 PC, 4 lunar lights,150 gal. wet/dry filter with built in protein skimmer,4-620 seio,1 Aquaclear 201 power head.100lbs of live sand,9w Turbo Twist. | |
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12-21-2005, 08:40 AM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 403
Karma: 38
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you could stir the sand bed??? won't that ruin the denitrification? or it's ok to stir 1/4 to 1/2 of it weekly or bi weekly?
thanks! | |
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12-21-2005, 10:13 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 21
Posts: 3,451
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I NEVER MHUHAHAH! i got alot of sand sifters though _________ Tank Specs:
55 Gallon Mixed Reef
48" Tek Light: 4-54W T5 HO Fluorescents
Bulbs:
1 x 54w Fiji Purple T5 HO Fluorescent
1 x 54w Super Actinic Blue T5 HO Flourescent
1 x 54w 14000K AquaBlue 75/25 T5 HO Fluorescent
1 x 54w 10000k AquaSun T5 HO Fluorescent
Hard Stuff:
100+ lb. Fiji Live Rock
65+ lb. Live sand
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