sand bed

So, I've just set up nano reef, 3 months after converting my 180g to FOT. What can I say, once your got the bug thats it. Lol. And thought it would be interesting to know everyone's thoughts on vaccuming the substrate. I'm stuck between decisions at the moment, ime sand vaccing definitely...

Hey, I am trying to figure out what this stuff is on the sand bed, I was told its a buildup of calcium, so I got something to deal with the buildup, did a few water changes and its still coming back. Am i doing something wrong, or should i do more water changes to get rid of it? It seems...

Hey all, looking for a creature that will help turn my coral sand bed to stop settling of debris and keep it nice and white. The tank is a nano reef coming in at 50L and houses 2 Clown fish, 3 hermits, a cleaner shrimp and a trochus snail. Any reef safe options to will be weclome :)

So.... I had a clownfish die about a month ago now. That was my first time keeping a fish, ever. I am fairly new to the hobby, and I am wondering my next steps are regarding a couple things in my 10g tank. 1. I hadn't had the chance to test my water up until recently, and my nitrite and...

Noticed these in my tank today, what are they, are they dangerous should I remove them?

Hi, I am upgrading my tank from 85gal DP tank to 135 DP tank. I have my tank over 4 years. I am wonder if I can move my old sand from existing tank to new tank? I know most people said using new sand but sand are expensive. I am wonder if I can use old sand and add some additional new dry sand...

I’m upgrading my tank from a 37g to an 85g system my 37g hasn’t been running for long I started with black sand per recommendation at a lfs. However now that I have this new tank I was looking at sand options and I’m seeing a lot of hate on black sand and how it’s known for messing with water...

How do you go about cleaning the glass below the sand bed? I have always been told “don’t disturb your sand bed, it could wreak havoc on your system”. Well, I have seen some darn good FTS that most definitely do not have this nasty build up between the sand and the glass that I have! I just set...

Help me identify this algae please?

Hello. I am currently in the process of setting up a Red Sea Max S 650 to upgrade from my 75g. I want to use the Hawaiian black sand because I like the way it looks in my 20g. My question is: Do certain type of fish have a problem with the black sand? Current livestock that will be transferred...

I just started up my 75 gallon tank and I bought three bags of Caribsea natural reef (don’t meed to rise that) but I bought two bags of dry sand to cut the cost I did rinse the sand for a while but then I put it into my tank just got done filling my tank with Rodi water yesterday and let it be...

I'm planning on getting a goby/pistol shrimp pair and I hear they can need slightly more sand. Newbie here. Any thoughts?

Heya everyone! I'm looking for some advice, I just filled my 220, mixed my salt in and am adding my sand and rock. I did it a little backwards I know but I had to fill it with RODI first directly from the unit so I didn't want to kill the live sand or rock. HOWEVER, now the tank is completely...

Question: I am transferring my existing 40 gallon reef tank to a 65 gallon and would like to use some of my old sand bed. What is the best way to do this? My plan is to only use the sand which I am able to thoroughly vacuum days beforehand and to ditch the rest. This leaves me with ~80% new sand...

Would it be possible to have a sandbed of crushed coral, maybe three to four inches deep? What issues might I encounter? Would I have to vacuum it?

So I've seen a couple posts about this, but I felt the need to share my experience with this sand and my strong opinion towards it. I waited about 3/4 weeks to verify if the actual problem stemmed from the sand or something else. I did no other changes with my tank in terms of flow, filtration...

Just curious what other people's experiences are with this, as it's my first time doing this today. Do you guys recommend removing all the fish from the tank or what steps do you guys recommend for switching out all the substrate? Do I remove corals as well? I just want this to go as smooth as...

Hi so i recently got some now coral sand And when I was doing my fortnightly water change I found this in my sand and I can’t figure out what it is it looks like little pink little worms. I’m trying to figure out if they’re dangerous to my aquarium

Well I originally got CaribSea Hawaiian black live sand for my tank when I started 7 months back. Between parts of the sand sticking to my magnetic cleaners and scratching my glass and the creeping suspicion it is leeching metals into my tank, I want to change out the sand completely. It's...

I got this reef for 18 months. Never cleaned the sand. The sandbed is Aragonite 2mm with 1'' height. I thought it was coralline algae in the sand, but i'm not sure anymore, it looks really ugly! Nitrates and phosphates 0 I showed this picture to a LRS owner and he think it might be a...

Set up a 180 G display tank with a 75G sump, added sand, rock, and has been cycling for 40ish days now. There is something growing on the sand bed that I cannot Identify.

Hi all, I just started this hobby and I am wondering if I put too much sand into my tank? It said I should add about 1 inch and it's approx between 1-1.3 inches at times. I wanted to know everyone's opinion, should I remove some sand? Thanks!

How do you maintain your sand bed? Do you use a gravel vac to clean it out every time you do a water change, do you stir it once a week, or just leave it be? There's some debate about what the best method is -- if you vac, you'll clean out old detritus and keep the water clean, but perhaps pull...

I have a new build, a Waterbox 130.4. From the beginning I planned on setting up auto water change, running a line through the wall to a holding tank in my laundry room. I’m at the point now where it’s ready to set up.. but I’m having doubts whether it’s even worth it. I have sand, and one of...

What is this? I get so many different answers. Cyano is my final analysis but is it that. Should I get more snails? Which kind preferred? Also should I change the salt that I use? I get it from my LFS.