- Location
- Long Island, NY
Just looking for some opinions here. I know this topic has been beaten to death once over, and there are as many different beliefs as there are reefers out there regarding this. That being said, I'm running a 22 gallon nano with mostly live rock, mixed coral and a light fish bio load. My sand bed is a slightly coarser type of Aragonite, roughly between 2-3 inches deep (not quite yet considered a deep sand bed, but also not shallow.) Considering all the classic arguments of disturbing anaerobic/aerobic bacteria, the depths these bacteria occur at naturally yadda yadda yadda.... On a setup like my nano, would you siphon some of the sand during water changes or just leave it? Again just looking to see what you guys would do in my situation. Thanks.
BTW. I am leaning towards vacuuming the bed every other week, Mainly because of the small overall water volume in my set up. I'd hate to take the risk of a huge spike later down the line when the sand bed can't hold any more detritus. For a nano, a large spike or algae plume would probably be the end of the story... Not only that, but from what I've read regarding the whole bacterial colony argument, that really only Apply to beds deeper than 4" unless I am mistaken....
BTW. I am leaning towards vacuuming the bed every other week, Mainly because of the small overall water volume in my set up. I'd hate to take the risk of a huge spike later down the line when the sand bed can't hold any more detritus. For a nano, a large spike or algae plume would probably be the end of the story... Not only that, but from what I've read regarding the whole bacterial colony argument, that really only Apply to beds deeper than 4" unless I am mistaken....