Tang and Substrate help

Hey! How have you guys been?

Just wondering what i should do because my substrate becomes dirty really quick ( using live sand) and how often should i do a substrate change?

Also, my Regal Blue Tang looks like he has like some tiny particles on him how would i know if it is white spot??

Thanks

 

Substrate change? What exactly do you mean by that? You should never change nor mix or stir the substrate.
Do you have a pic? What exactly is "dirty"? Diatoms? Cyano? Detrius?

 

sounds like not enough flow or too much light??
explain more, and what you have in power and flow

the bubbles on your tang could be a few things, can you get a pic?

 

i would recommend getting a cleaning crew for the sand to stir it up some, and as far as the tang without pics hard to say what it could be.

 

Fill out the ASAP form in ASAP start here. I'm betting insufficient cleaning crew on the sand issue. Do NOT stir the sand or you will crash your tank.

 

hmm

Hey I have been having problems uploading the pictures...
well the substrate is dirty meaning has waste... my sand has turned brown if that makes any sense like on the beach, the wet sand colored kind of brown.

Tang has like little white kind of like sand stuff on it...

Thanks

 

i am not suggesting the op stir the sand however a cleaning crew to do so is ok.

 

Fill out the ASAP form in ASAP start here. I'm betting insufficient cleaning crew on the sand issue. Do NOT stir the sand or you will crash your tank.

pictures help. So do tank parameters.

 

Damn i have been slightly stirring the sanbed due to cyano algae...

 

Bad idea. You can suction, but NEVER stir. I have learned the hard way. It seems like an easy fix, but has terrible ramifications.