Can the Nassarius survive with just BB?
I am curious about this as well. I would like to try BB when I upgrade tanks next year, but I have nassarius snails and not sure if they'd do ok in a BB situation.
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Can the Nassarius survive with just BB?
I am curious about this as well. I would like to try BB when I upgrade tanks next year, but I have nassarius snails and not sure if they'd do ok in a BB situation.
I have about 95% of the sand out of my tank and so far I cannot see any dead Nassarius.....
I also see pros and cons to both using sand and not using it.
Currently I have sand in my SPS dominant 60 cube and haven’t noticed any issues with doing so.
On the other hand my frag tank, 50 gallons and zoa/LPS dominated is bare bottom.
I feel currently I am less successful in keeping nutrients down in my frag tank although it’s likely a filtration issue I feel.
Just my 2 cents.
I like the look of sand. I hate the look of dirty sand. I did a trial temporarily when I was waiting to put up my new tank and was BB on my old tank. It still got pretty dirty if you didn't keep it clean like sand. So that said I would rather work to keep sand clean than a barebottom.
I also agree I feel either way there is going to be build up on the sand. Although I notice that it is seemingly worse looking in my bare bottom Aquarium.
I have about 95% of the sand out of my tank and so far I cannot see any dead Nassarius.....
I have nassarius in my bare bottom tank and have not noticed an increase in deaths of them, personally.
Thank you for the information.
Is your frag tank connected to the main system? Or does it run independently as its own system?
It is running independently as it’s own system.
It is a 4 foot, lowboy. Currently has an aquaclear 110 as the filtration source.
Interesting. Do you find you have more algae issues?
I actually have no algae issues in either of my tanks surprisingly
It just seems my Corals don’t do as well.
Not poorly either just not as well imho.
Maybe just a difference in tanks.
Is the lighting the same?
Its interesting. I have heard sand and the 'good' bacteria it brings can help a system. And I have heard that it can also be the source of a large number of problems as well if/when it gets to a point where its dirty.
I run the same light. Radion XR30 GEN 3 on both tanks. Although I run different intensities due to the Corals being different.
When these zoas were in my cube with the sand prior to being moved they seemed to grow seemingly faster.
Maybe the increases levels of P04 aided in their growth? Sometimes almost untraceable amounts of P04 and N03 are believed to result in slow coral growth.
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/high-nitrate-phosphate-but-sps-look-great.239830/