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05-08-2008, 08:29 PM
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| deep sand bed i am setting up a 135, 6 ft long, 18 inches wide,
i am planning on having a 3-4 inch deep sand bed, what kind of clean up crew do i need to clean the sand deep down in there? i dont want anything to disrump the live rock on top though since it will be a reef. |
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05-08-2008, 08:35 PM
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| | Ocellaris Clown
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Garden Creek,VA
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| some lawn more blenny's, sand sifter star, coral banded, sea serpent and some wrasser fish,
like Bogie's |
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05-08-2008, 09:39 PM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Apr 2008
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| UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD YOU ADD "SAND-SIFTING" ANIMALS SUCH AS BURROWING SEA STARS OR SOME GOBIES. These animals are "sifting" the sediment to eat the sand critters that you need to have thrive. |
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05-08-2008, 09:46 PM
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| then what should i add? |
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05-08-2008, 09:49 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Sun River,Oregon (Bend) USA Age: 35
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Originally Posted by reeferjo UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD YOU ADD "SAND-SIFTING" ANIMALS SUCH AS BURROWING SEA STARS OR SOME GOBIES. These animals are "sifting" the sediment to eat the sand critters that you need to have thrive. | I'd worry about that if you didn't have a DSB.
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05-08-2008, 10:01 PM
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| | Plankton
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05-09-2008, 12:25 PM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 39
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| 3-4" does not a deep sand bed make. For a "true" deep sand bed, you need at least 6" of sand. That being said, for my own reasons, I would never use a deep sand bed in my systems. Been there, done that, still have the post card. Also, I don't like to have rock sit on top of the sand in any aquarium. All it takes is one burrowing animal to send your rockwork crashing down. _________ |
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05-09-2008, 12:43 PM
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| | Aiptasia Anemone
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Weston, Florida Age: 29
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Originally Posted by amcarrig 3-4" does not a deep sand bed make. For a "true" deep sand bed, you need at least 6" of sand. That being said, for my own reasons, I would never use a deep sand bed in my systems. Been there, done that, still have the post card. Also, I don't like to have rock sit on top of the sand in any aquarium. All it takes is one burrowing animal to send your rockwork crashing down. | I agree, my tanks only about 6 months old but my sand is super clean. I have about 3-4" sand bed. I use about 15 hermits to do my dirty work. My clown also fans the sand w/ his tail all day long. In addition to that, I give it a very slight stir, more like a fanning, every time I do a water change, just to get some of the bigger particles suspended so they can be sucked out.
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05-09-2008, 12:46 PM
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| | Panda Puffer
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Tulsa, Ok Age: 29
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| i use snails, but when i sit in my rocks i put them on the glass then poor the sand around them, alot more stable, i usually never go more than 3" deep either though
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ASM G2 skimmer, mag18 return, MRC CR1 CA Reactor, Phos Reactor, Tek 8x54 T5HO
130# Live rock, 100# Live sand
Fish: Scopas tang, blue damsel, Formossa Coris Wrasse, Midas blenny, Yellow Mimic Tang
Inverts: 3x Skunk Shrimp
Coral: sun polyps, GSP, ORA Elkhorn, birdsnest, assorted zoas and shrooms, hammer, kryptonite candycanes, purple toadstool, green monti, purp acro and green acro, squamosa clam |
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05-09-2008, 12:49 PM
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| | Aiptasia Anemone
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Weston, Florida Age: 29
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Originally Posted by Iraf i use snails, but when i sit in my rocks i put them on the glass then poor the sand around them, alot more stable, i usually never go more than 3" deep either though | Yeah I use snails too, but i rarely see them on the sand. Either on glass or rock. |
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