29 Restart

[Cathic]

Starting the 29 over, changing sand rearranging making some additions and cleaning, started taking sand out smelled like eggs, I know what that means, god it sucks.

 

[reeffreak]

Is there a question in there or are you looking for gratification?

Congrats,on a new beginning?!?!

 

[yote]

Did it smell like fryed eggs or scrambled.:mrgreen:

 

[bjohanson1234]

I htink mostlikely rotten:shock:

 

[Cathic]

No didnt want a congrats was hoping someone would drop some tips, guess I couldve specifically asked.

 

[sen5241b]

Its hard to keep sand from collecting detritus and thus be becoming a danger to the tank. People have stirred up old sand baeds, released too much detritus and started a killer cycle. Or worse hydrogen sulfide built up in the sand bed, got released and killed everything very fast.

Strong flow and floss will catch more detritus. I also like to manaully stir small sections of my sand bed every few days. My sand bed stays pretty clean.

 

[Cathic]

Thanks sen, just changed it all so I am going to try and maintain this better I guess, maybe implement a stir cycle to the sand when i do my water changes etc.

 

[reeffreak]

What actually happened that got you too this point?

If you are worried about sand crashing your system then run a shallow bed of an 1''.

 

[Bifferwine]

I just keep a dusting of sand in my tank -- less than 1". Just enough to not see the bottom of the tank.