Cleaning sand

[clownfish26]

HI I am new too having sand in my tank and am looking for advice on cleaning it or do you leave it alone and let the clean up crew at it.

 

[KahluaZzZ]

clean up crew + syphon = good. Some microscopic detritus will eventually find a way to get under the substrate so a gravel cleaner could be a good addition

 

[S.Reef]

Generally once the sand bed is established you should periodically stir and vaccum.

 

[clownfish26]

myabe i should be more spacific most of the tank is live rock and i cannot get at alot of the sand also the vaccum tends too suck the sand up.

 

[S.Reef]

in all honesty I would just let the sand stir naturally.

 

[yamahaguy06]

yes, but over time, sand under the rock gets really nasty, and almost becoames a mud, wich=faty nitrate swing.... (juat happend to are reef tank at the store) lol

 

[dbacksrat]

You could always go BB or have a very shallow layer of substrate--I like my tank's bottom scantily clad anyway