Replenishing sand bed

[couture99]

Hi guys, I have been fought a winning battle against red slime, switched to r/o water, pwc, and syphoning, anyways tank has been clear of slime for couple weeks, and parameters are good. But In the process I have removed a fair amount if my sand bed. How do I go about replenishing it without covering all my LR, and corals

 

[Gregcoyote]

I have one of those Ehiem submersible vacuums and it does gravel nicely.

 

[ccCapt]

You can use a long piece of 1.5" pvc pipe and pour the sand down the pipe.

 

[melosu58]

I agree and have employed the PVC way also. It will also help to keep down the dust storm.

 

[kurtyboh]

Theres a vid on youtube of a guy using a popbottle looks like a nice system; let me find the link and ill post again

 

[kurtyboh]

Took a lot longer than i thought it would to find

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[Dary421]

If I may ask a question here also,....if you are adding additional sand to an already established tank,.I assume that the new sand ,either dry or live is sorta " inert" and would not cause any sort of a spike in your system??

 

[DragonMoray]

There used to be a product on the market called chemi-clean. It does wonders on red slime. You can also try a phosphate removing pad.

 

[couture99]

Thank you I'm not sure about causing a spike if I do add more, was planning on using " live sand" any opinions or advise? Should I just leave as is. I did end up removing quite a bit...

 

[couture99]

Took a lot longer than i thought it would to find

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Thank you

 

[Kurt_Nelson]

You can also scoop rinsed sand into a ziploc bag, squeeze the air out, and zip up the bag. Then submerse the bag, zipper side down, and open it up over the spot you want to dump. I just did this myself a few days ago. You still end up with a bit of a dust storm, but it dissipates after a couple hours.

As long as you're not reusing old sand, you won't encounter any ammonia spikes.

 

[kurtyboh]

your welcome, and pass it along if it works for you, I think it's quite an awesome way to add sand and hopefully it will work for many others, very happy it was shown to me!

 

[couture99]

your welcome, and pass it along if it works for you, I think it's quite an awesome way to add sand and hopefully it will work for many others, very happy it was shown to me!

Worked greaT!! Thanks