do you blow off your live rock?

[art13]

If so, how often? and how long has your tank been up and running for?

 

[njtiger24 aquariums]

I did once but now I use my siphon horse to clean my rocks. Tank been running over a year.

 

[Mikeamadio]

Tank running for 12 yrs 2 moves, I clean rock with turkey baster once in a blue moon.

 

[Sunny]

Every 2 weeks with a maxijet 1200. 7 years running.

 

[art13]

I gave it a shot today in my ongoing issues with bryopsis to make the tank as clean as i can, i haven't touched the rocks since it was set up 8-10 months ago, the amount of junk that came out was amazing, lol. skimmer went nuts for a bit. Anyone not do it and notice a difference after starting to do it?

 

[Sunny]

Depends on your water volume. I have a couple of pumps buried inside the rock work. They come on every 20 minutes on top of the hour during the day. That keeps anything from accumulating in the aquascape.

 

[art13]

I have two WAV units in a 135 cranked down for the lps in the tank, for about 10 minutes each day the run at 100% to try and churn up the debris.

 

[Skaters216]

I blow the rocks off once a week using an over sized hose and put it over my return line in tank and blow off everything in my tank, Rocks, Glass , and stir up the sand not reached with normal movement in tank..

 

[horseplay]

No. maybe I should.

 

[Trio91]

I did, but honestly havent in some time

 

[Mark Shelly]

I usually do it weekly with a baster or occasionally aim one of the power heads at the rocks. I have a lot of rock. My tank is about 11 months. I did this and stirred up my sand just before doing my water change, and an hour or so before changing my power filter pads. Since I got my goby, I don't stir the sand. Also, my power heads are set to do either clockwise or counter clockwise water rotation. After feeding, I will often have them all blast at the same time to return uneaten food to the water column.

 

[art13]

I need to find some inverts that can stir up the sand and will also live with my melanaurus wrasse, he likes snails.

 

[njtiger24 aquariums]

@art13 I have a sand star and he does a good job of stirring the sand

 

[art13]

@art13 I have a sand star and he does a good job of stirring the sand

I've debated on one, but for the most part i hear that they don't do well in our setups.

 

[art13]

I also have a lot of corals on the sand, he won't have much room to move around.

 

[JRWOHLER]

Turkey baster whenever I do water change...9 years

 

[njtiger24 aquariums]

@art13 my sand star been doing great for close to a year (when I get home I can see how long he been in my tank) and I only have a 54g tank

 

[njtiger24 aquariums]

but again I don't have any corals on the sand

 

[Mikeamadio]

Love my sand stars I have 2 in 93 cube

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[MadReefer]

No luck with sand stars. I stir the sand every 2 weeks apx. I have a blue linkia and urchin so rock is good.