substrate

[heathlindner25]

New to the hobby and wondering if I should vacuum my substrate or not. I know people who do both

 

[dakota9]

Short answer; Yes

Long answer:YYYYYEEEEEESSSSSSS!!!!!!

Even if it's a DSB, you should lightly vacuum the top.

 

[jef4y]

Dakota9;751702 wrote: Short answer; Yes

Long answer:YYYYYEEEEEESSSSSSS!!!!!!

Even if it's a DSB, you should lightly vacuum the top.

my vote as well

 

[dawgfan]

stupid question (I guess). Using a siphon vac I would be vac off the sand as well not like the large gravel bed i had with fresh water correct? Just replace with some new sand on top????

 

[dakota9]

Kink the vacuum hose if need be to keep the sand from being sucked up, as happens occasionally with very fine sand.

You'll get the hang of it........

 

[ripped tide]

Different strokes for different folks. In the 93 I have an extremely shallow sand bed and don't vaccume it. I have two rays in the 210 that keep it pretty stirred.

I chose not to vaccume, however I recommend it. Hypocritical, huh?

I don't feed very heavily, and I have a huge pod and worm culture growing down there, and I figured that I might as well leave their little Eco system alone.

For a heavily fed tank, this won't work as well.