SUBSTRATE

[Sidekick41]

Hey everyone,

Quick question. It's nothing major just something that bothers me. I have white/natural colors sand as my substrate and have all kinds of rock type pieces, shells, debris that collects at the bottom.

Currently, I just shift through the sand through small portions of the sand so I don't distrube too much of the sand any any one time. I'm still worried I will stir up too much at one time and kill my fish off.

Any ideas? Thanks

 

[d2mini]

When i end up with too many empty snail/hermit shells i just use a fish net to scoop them off the top layer.

 

[sen5241b]

I've stirred small sections of sand in my tank many times and it did not cause an issue but there is a such thing as too much and people have cause deadly cycles by stirring up too much sand. A couple inches of sand probably will not hurt anything. Stir and test, repeat.

 

[Reefer69]

Prob kicking up pockets of H2S. That stuff is deadly to humans. I have no info on H2S poisoning for fish/symptoms. I think it is why sometimes there are crashes after water changes or after moving stuff around. But that is just theory/conjecture. I may be wrong. I often am wrong. Atleast there was no Math.

 

[SarahSmile]

+1 D2mini. Always.