sandbed

mikey3165 · 05/15/2008, 07:53 PM

how does everyone keep the top of there sandbed so clean...i dont get it !!!! help

mflamb · 05/15/2008, 07:56 PM

I have a sand star and about 550 Nassarius snails.

demonsp · 05/15/2008, 07:59 PM

Many ways from age ,type and amount of substrate and LR , amount of flow and feeding and stock to CUC and water maintance. Its all about a balance.

vanmo92 · 05/15/2008, 08:05 PM

Mine is usually not very clean at all. But what I do want it to be clean (like when we have guests here for a few days) then I just lightly stir the top inch or so of the sand every day.

mikey3165 · 05/15/2008, 08:08 PM

alright i dont have 300+ gallon tank so i cant have 550 nassarius snails but i will try and get a few and how would i get more flow down at the bottom

NeveSSL · 05/15/2008, 08:08 PM

Mine is clean on the surface due to flow and some nassarius snails.

below about .5" to 1" its dirty and I like it that way because the bacteria and critters that keep everything going are there.

Brandon

demonsp · 05/15/2008, 08:09 PM

Whats used for flow now?

05/15/2008, 07:53 PM	#1
mikey3165 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: new york Posts: 350	sandbed how does everyone keep the top of there sandbed so clean...i dont get it !!!! help

05/15/2008, 07:56 PM	#2
mflamb Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Pasadena, Texas Posts: 8,422	I have a sand star and about 550 Nassarius snails. __________________ Click on my red house to see my 390 and 300 build thread. Those are my last 2 tanks in Tampa. Now in Pasadena waiting to buy a house to set up my next tank....anemones and clowns...probably a 3x3 150 gallon.

05/15/2008, 08:05 PM	#4
vanmo92 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Silverthorne, CO. Posts: 2,045	Mine is usually not very clean at all. But what I do want it to be clean (like when we have guests here for a few days) then I just lightly stir the top inch or so of the sand every day. __________________ PBITAWA Current Tank Info: 72 gallon bow Mixed Reef 1 fw tank

05/15/2008, 08:08 PM	#6
NeveSSL Got tubes? Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 6,759	Mine is clean on the surface due to flow and some nassarius snails. below about .5" to 1" its dirty and I like it that way because the bacteria and critters that keep everything going are there. Brandon __________________ I am proof that post count is not directly proportional to "reef IQ". Zip Ties = Reef Duck Tape Geek it till it MHz!!! Current Tank Info: 180g Build in Process

05/15/2008, 07:59 PM	#3
demonsp Moved On Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: el paso tx Posts: 7,634	Many ways from age ,type and amount of substrate and LR , amount of flow and feeding and stock to CUC and water maintance. Its all about a balance.

05/15/2008, 08:09 PM	#7
demonsp Moved On Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: el paso tx Posts: 7,634	Whats used for flow now?