trennamw
Aquarium Advice Addict
I get that it's a build up of waste ... And is in some instances desirable...
But it's not just piled up fish poo right?
I ask because this interesting thing is happening in my tank, it's mostly sand with some gravel. A few plants. Lots of snails, fully cycled prior to fish.
So at one point I missed a gravel vac by a few days and it looked yucky and then all of a sudden it looked a lot better.
It's white sand, the poo is usually pretty red. It's hit this point where the sand isn't totally white but there's no obvious solid debris. It's like there's a little beige staining sinking into the top of the sand. The color of diatoms but not sitting on the surface like they do.
As I study low tech tanks, Walstad, etc., and add more plants ... I'm inclined to keep letting this go as long as the water parameters are good and it's not ugly?
But it's not just piled up fish poo right?
I ask because this interesting thing is happening in my tank, it's mostly sand with some gravel. A few plants. Lots of snails, fully cycled prior to fish.
So at one point I missed a gravel vac by a few days and it looked yucky and then all of a sudden it looked a lot better.
It's white sand, the poo is usually pretty red. It's hit this point where the sand isn't totally white but there's no obvious solid debris. It's like there's a little beige staining sinking into the top of the sand. The color of diatoms but not sitting on the surface like they do.
As I study low tech tanks, Walstad, etc., and add more plants ... I'm inclined to keep letting this go as long as the water parameters are good and it's not ugly?
