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gdwats2 · 03-23-2005, 08:05 PM

I have an 8 year old "reef type" set up. It went through a period of neglect. I think my crushed coral (aragonite) is full of crap as i never really had aggressive water movement in the past and did not vacuum. It releases lots of sludge when stirred. I Have recently introduced a rio 2100 for current and am planning on adding a cls. and a sump soon.
Would it be "opening a can of worms", do you think, if I tried to remove the majority of accesable substrate? It doesn't seem to be very "alive" with beneficial goodies but is rather "dirty" looking. Maybe I should vacuum? Is this an unusual thing to be doing to a reef tank?
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03-23-2005, 08:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
gdwats2 Fire Coral Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Vancouver, WA Posts: 73 View Gallery Karma Komment	Remove old substrate? Revamping. I have an 8 year old "reef type" set up. It went through a period of neglect. I think my crushed coral (aragonite) is full of crap as i never really had aggressive water movement in the past and did not vacuum. It releases lots of sludge when stirred. I Have recently introduced a rio 2100 for current and am planning on adding a cls. and a sump soon. Would it be "opening a can of worms", do you think, if I tried to remove the majority of accesable substrate? It doesn't seem to be very "alive" with beneficial goodies but is rather "dirty" looking. Maybe I should vacuum? Is this an unusual thing to be doing to a reef tank? I