A grain of sand moved unexpectedly, what should I do?

[LiveFreeAndReef]

can you take a pic under blue? looks a bit washed out but I think I see "Old Gregg"

 

[Arego]

What you don't know can certainly hurt you in this hobby, I don't mind the mundane questions, that was every one of us at one point or another.

 

[WVNed]

The century when LASER stood for Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation

and wasn't spelled with a z

 

[Variant]

Time to rip clean your sandbed! That thing can't be trusted.

 

[FishyFishFish]

Don’t buy bottle bacteria.

Based on hundreds of threads I can confirm that you are cycled based on the calendar and the orbit of the moon. There is no way that sand would have moved if you weren’t cycled.

You need to be more worried about disease preps. You are irresponsible if you keep adding sand that hasn’t been properly QT’d. 110% of newbie reefers will have a grain of sand die on them in the first few months, because of their gung-ho attitude towards adding sand.

In fact, I’m not sure you should be keeping a reef tank if you aren’t prepared to buy pre-QT’d sand or buy a separate Olympic swimming pool size QT to ensure your sand is disease-free before even contemplating adding it to the display.

I think your attitude is what is wrong with reef-keeping today and, if this lack of education continues to propagate, it’s likely to lead to the end of the world.

 

[KrisReef]

Does anyone else think the sand may have moved due to the butterfly effect? You know, where a reef keeper in Tokyo buys a butterfly fish, and when they release the fish a little water accidently spills onto the floor and the resultant tsunami wave pushes the sand in an aquarium on the other side of the world?

 

[Auquanut]

Does anyone else thing the sand may have moved due to the butterfly effect? You know, where a reef keeper in Tokyo buys a butterfly fish, and when they release the fish a little water accidently spills onto the floor and the resultant tsunami wave pushes the sand in an aquarium on the other side of the world?

Brilliant!! This theory, or variations of it could explain a plethora of tank issues! Everything from "My clown looks sad" to "Can I dose milk to increase calcium?" Could change the future of reefing as we know it!!!!!

 

[KrisReef]

I tried milk dosing and had mixed results. My clams were lactose intolerant. When a tridacna cuts the cheese everything in the tank just kinds of curdles up.

 

[M Stein]

I tried milk dosing and had mixed results. My clams were lactose intolerant. When a tridacna cuts the cheese everything in the tank just kinds of curdles up.

Try dosing yogurt.
I heard that lactose intolerant folks can eat yogurt because the enzymes that turn the milk into yogurt also get rid of the lactose.
If that doesn't work, I hear that Tridacnas are good with ketchup.

 

[KrisReef]

I've given up on dosing viscose liquids like ketchup, yogurt, and clam chowder. I'm too lazy to keep cleaning the metering pump heads.

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Am I the only one who is reminded of Bob and Doug McKenzie by these guys.

I’m dying