vacuuming sand bed?

[joeleigh]

we have had our tank running for about a year now and have never vacuumed the sand bed,and i was just wondering what peoples thoughts were on this.should i do it or is it not really necessary

 

[joeleigh]

Btw....does anyone think this leather looks like it is dying? It has never looked like this.
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[tgray3]

I vacuum once a month for aesthetic reasons. I didn't on my previous set up because i had used fine sand and vacuuming it caused a massive sand storm. I used a coarser sand on the current set up so it makes vacuuming it a lot easier. As for it being necessary; IMO it's not unless it's for a specific problem like cyano, diatoms or other nuisance algae outbreak.

 

[dawgface]

Joeleigh;641092 wrote: Btw....does anyone think this leather looks like it is dying? It has never looked like this.

It looks like it's extremely unhappy! Dieing? I couldn't be sure. FWIW mine has never looked like that!