Refugium question

MSUvsUM · 02/10/2010, 11:44 PM

I am going to be updating my refugium this weekend, and am going to be using a DSB. Are there any inverts that I can put in there to keep the sand bed active, but won't effect the pod population? I've heard that nassarius snails will eat pods, so is there something else i can put down there? do i need to put anything down there?

ChadTheSpike · 02/11/2010, 02:10 PM

nassarius snails are a good choice (if they are eating pods in my tank, they are not significantly affecting its production), in addition brittle stars (normal sized and micro stars) also do a good job. If your fuge is large enough you could get a small cucumber. Finally I would make sure that you have bristle worms and other detrivores in the tank and enough flow to prevent detritus from settling on the sandbed.

02/10/2010, 11:44 PM	#1
MSUvsUM Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Royal Oak, MI Posts: 30	Refugium question I am going to be updating my refugium this weekend, and am going to be using a DSB. Are there any inverts that I can put in there to keep the sand bed active, but won't effect the pod population? I've heard that nassarius snails will eat pods, so is there something else i can put down there? do i need to put anything down there?

02/11/2010, 02:10 PM	#2
ChadTheSpike Reef Engineer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Washington DC Posts: 1,526 Blog Entries: 1	nassarius snails are a good choice (if they are eating pods in my tank, they are not significantly affecting its production), in addition brittle stars (normal sized and micro stars) also do a good job. If your fuge is large enough you could get a small cucumber. Finally I would make sure that you have bristle worms and other detrivores in the tank and enough flow to prevent detritus from settling on the sandbed. __________________ ~Chad "Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies." Current Tank Info: 195 gallons of fun