Yup smells fine and is clearing yes I have nassarius snails although I’m not sure how much more are alive I need to get more.
I think it will be fine. Fish seem all good. I did this when I was deep cleaning my tank and doing a water change. The detritus is already settling. Also I siphoned out the back chambers for the very first time and I’ve had the tank for a few years lol and this was after I did a massive water change. I’m more so curious to see if anything bad happens but so far so good lol. I just stirred up my sand bed that’s all I did.
Ooo never heard of this looking it up.Now there's a job for a good old Vortex Diatom filter
10 minutes later it'd be sparkling
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I have a UV Sterilizer well had one. I went to plug it in and it wouldn’t start. The tank is still cloudy but fishies are happy and Mr. Shrimp is swimming and crawling about. I think it will clear up and be fine. And in other news…it’s very possible and by that I 100% clogged the crap out of the sink when I was doing my water changes and may have dumped some sand/tank detritus and possibly some small rocks down the sink. Not on purpose but it caught up with me! And usually when I do it’s small amount and it ends up being fine that is for the sand. Drano and a plunger didn’t work I need to get a snake. And yes I know it’s bad for the pipes. It caught up with me. Ugh.DIY Diatom Filter for under $100.00
I have 4 or 5 old Vortex Diatom filters in various stages of disintegration and I use one all the time to stir up the gravel in my 125 gallon tank. I also use it to blow out detritus in the pores my real rock. The tank uses dolomite gravel and the gravel has been in there for the 52 year life of...
Oh man do i have a lot of questions now.DIY Diatom Filter for under $100.00
I have 4 or 5 old Vortex Diatom filters in various stages of disintegration and I use one all the time to stir up the gravel in my 125 gallon tank. I also use it to blow out detritus in the pores my real rock. The tank uses dolomite gravel and the gravel has been in there for the 52 year life of...
I expect as the water clears, you'll find a thin layer of crud on everything. This accidental tank storming should leave your water crystal clear but a turkey baster may be required to blow off the settled stuff into whatever mechanical filtration you have. If you do have mechanical filtration, now would be a fine time to rinse it out, and maybe in a few hours, and later, and tonight, lol.
Sinks aren’t designed to handle large objects going through them, and usually have a sediment “cup” that will catch them before they go through the pipes to prevent them from being clogged.
If definitely isn’t lol! It’s live sand and it’s a two and a half year old tank what the photo doesn’t show/what you can’t see is all the detritus and worms and life in the sand. And I stirred a lot of it up which is why it’s so cloudy but clearing.
Glad to hear. It was so satisfying seeing all the detritus and dirt come up also means I need to get some more sand sifters.
I mean I really stirred up every inch of the sand with a turkey baster and watched all the stuff come up also I siphoned out my back chambers something I never have done like I did lol.
That’s so many maybe 10-15! It’s only a 20 gallon tank. Because eventually they die and that’s a lot of extra months to feed and a lot of extra pooping butts in a 20 gallon! LOL!I would get 50, if I had your sand
50 little periscopes
Tongan Nassarius*
Excellent sand stirrer and scavenger. These snails will pop out of the sand when they smell food, or when you are feeding fish. Tongan Nassarius are larger than our popular Nassarius vibex, and...www.reefcleaners.org
