Deep sandbed or no

[pix4c]

What are your thoughts?

 

[jma97]

Depends.. what do you want to stock the tank with?

 

[pix4c]

Depends.. what do you want to stock the tank with?

Mainly softies and some LPS

 

[fishface NJ]

What fishes? Any sand burying wrasses?

 

[pix4c]

What fishes? Any sand burying wrasses?

No wrasses

 

[pix4c]

What fishes? Any sand burying wrasses?

No wrasses

Tomini tang is the one fish I want for sure and Midas blenny

 

[fishface NJ]

What size tank, may I ask?

 

[Sam7]

2 inch is what i go with....i have had Blue Star leopard wrasse with only that amount and she/he was totaly happy

 

[pix4c]

What size tank, may I ask?

75 gallon

 

[Jamie9]

I went back and forth and eventually went with about a 2” bed because I knew I wanted a goby/shrimp pair and possibly a wrasse. I find it pretty easy to keep the sand bed looking clean by vacuuming it a bit every few water changes.

 

[Lagoon Reef Keeper]

What do you potentially want a deep sand bed for? 1-2 inches of sand is more than enough. I don’t believe there’s a benefit to anything deeper in an at home reef system.

 

[pix4c]

What do you potentially want a deep sand bed for? 1-2 inches of sand is more than enough. I don’t believe there’s a benefit to anything deeper in an at home reef system.

That’s the way I set my first one up about 25 years ago and I liked all the bugs and worms and critters that crawl through the sand, even though I didn’t have a clue what the heck I was doing everything went very well
That was a 65 gallon tank

 

[Michael71]

Years ago deep sand beds were used by some reefers using sand with larger grains and pieces of crushed coral and shell to create more space for bacteria. However one draw back was the potential build up of gas pockets as the sand filled in with fines and detritus. If you were unlucky enough to have one occur and release into the tank it could be disastrous. I would only go that route if you are planning on keeping jawfish. The reefers i did know with true deep beds would clean them deeply every water change. When i had my jawfish i kept 2" throught and left some deeper areas where i thought it might want to dig. Worked out well.

 

[pix4c]

Years ago deep sand beds were used by some reefers using sand with larger grains and pieces of crushed coral and shell to create more space for bacteria. However one draw back was the potential build up of gas pockets as the sand filled in with fines and detritus. If you were unlucky enough to have one occur and release into the tank it could be disastrous. I would only go that route if you are planning on keeping jawfish. The reefers i did know with true deep beds would clean them deeply every water change. When i had my jawfish i kept 2" throught and left some deeper areas where i thought it might want to dig. Worked out well.

I had mine set up for three years. I never touched the sand and everything was good until I got flatworm infestation and I could not get rid of them.
I’ll probably go with 2 inches this time that seems like what everybody is doing nowadays thank you

 

[jma97]

Agree with everyone above -- no need to have a deep sand bed. A couple inches should do just fine for what you're looking to accomplish

 

[Sam7]

What are your thoughts?

You can do it either way and thats just fine. Do it the way that makes you happy. There's no one right answer to reefing. I did it my way.................