Cleaning thin sand layer

[Jhay3513]

I try to vacuum every other day.
Especially with Haitiensus, the extra heat they need in their tanks can encourage opportunistic and/or pathogenic bacteria to proliferate (the opportunists type that causes bloat) and... any kind of detritus laying around for any length of time, creates substrate where bacteria like columnaris can get a foothold.
Since with sand, the debris basically sits in plain view its only a 5 minute job to suck it up, and anytime you can remove old water is a good thing.
I try to place my influent current in a way to push the detritus to a very visible front corner, which makes it even easier to siphon the accumulation up.

Man I love this site!!!!! Lol. My next purchase is a powerhead. I have a Nasty dead spot on the right hand side of my tank. Are Haits ok with some additional flow?

 

[duanes]

In my haitiensus tanks, I always used a fairly strong flow, minimum 1200+ GPH pump in the sump flowing horisontally along the length of a 150 tank, for large adults.

The male was around 15" in the photo above.
He made the 150 gal, look tiny.

 

[Jhay3513]

In my haitiensus tanks, I always used a fairly strong flow, minimum 1200+ GPH pump in the sump flowing horisontally along the length of a 150 tank, for large adults.

The male was around 15" in the photo above.
He made the 150 gal, look tiny.

Ok great. I was thinking about a Jebao adjustable flow pump so that I can increase the flow as they grow. Your pair was beautiful!!!!!