Interesting thread advocating for us to clean our sand

[Big_Pun]

Yep love my Waste away cleaned the poo up in my tank

I love dr Tim's!!! too

[Bill S]

who is going to invent the first bacteria to remove phosphates will be the winner tho

I run a Hiatt. Removes both nitrates and phosphates.

[FireWater]

I need a nano hiatt.

[Paul28]

well that just got my wife to scream at me by google image that word woo

[Big_Pun]

I run a Hiatt. Removes both nitrates and phosphates.

I forget about that system, any way to scale it down?

[Paul28]

ahhh that's right I rember that you were talking about it at the frag cut meeting

[rrasco]

who is going to invent the first bacteria to remove phosphates will be the winner tho

Technically, they already exist, given the right conditions.

[ramsey]

Technically, they already exist, given the right conditions.

Yep. Bacteria use both nitrate and phosphate. Look at the Redfield ratio. It's not exact, but similar. There's a big thread on RC talking about dosing nitrate to lower phosphates in an ULNS.

With that said, water changes, stability, detritus removal (including stirring and siphoning sand) and good feeding habits have given me the most success.

[alton]

My 200 ran from 1999 to around 2009. I placed pictures of the early years and towards the end. I ran a wet dry with bio balls with the same sand and rock. Over the years I would add additional sand, rock, and corals . My nitrates when I switched over to my 300 where less than 5ppm probably 2 to 3ppm. People worry too much about crap

[350gt]

I never clean my sand....... Tank has been up over 3 years.... Phos and nitrates are high but the tank is thriving...