My husband's 125 gallon tank has about a 6" sand bed. It's a toxic mess that I stirred up while cleaning the rocks. He had snails, crabs, and a few fish that cleaned the sand at one time. Sump pump & tank still not set back up. Skimmer still off right now. He has connected pvc with holes in it and a pump that he used air to move water (own set up), which is also off right now. I'm still trying to sort through it his salt water equipment, read up, and figure out what goes where. So the only water flow I have going right now is 4 350 gallon filters (cleaned & without the filters in them).
Questions: Is there any way of getting rid of the dsb without killing the whole tank? If not, is there any point trying to save a tank with a very dirty dsb? I've been vacuuming small areas of sand each day. (Goes with the water changing.) But that only cleans the top inch of sand and most of the clumps of decay are further down.
Questions: Is there any way of getting rid of the dsb without killing the whole tank? If not, is there any point trying to save a tank with a very dirty dsb? I've been vacuuming small areas of sand each day. (Goes with the water changing.) But that only cleans the top inch of sand and most of the clumps of decay are further down.