barebottom no worries about that non sense !
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Member @Shooter6 is our inspiration for the QOTD with his question about sand beds and keeping them vacuumed!
Many reefers have sand in their reef tank. Some would be considered "deep" sand beds while others just sand beds. But could what we do or don't do have a direct effect on the longevity or our reef tank when it comes to the sand bed and more specifically keeping it clean? How do you keep a sand bed clean? Vacuum it, replace it, add critters that will help keep it clean etc. So let me ask you this.
Do you think that NOT keeping your sand bed clean will eventually result in a complete tank crash at some point? Why or why not?
Beautiful reef photo via @JohnnyTabasco
its so annoying though!Yea that was me. I sadly lost that fish during a long power outage. It also gave me issues with dropping sand on my acans and fungia which made them mad. I now vacuum the sand bed when I do water changes once or twice a quarter. Thanks for the compliments though! That gold head goby was a pro at keeping that sand clean!
Actually not a bad idea.
I have those "hair" worms too! What are they and I have no idea how they got there! They are fun to watch thoughi have a deep sand bed of 1970 s coral sand which is much corser and has bits of coral and shells in it, which has been in my present tank for 12 ish years now , it has never been cleaned, hoovered, vacuumed or stirred and the tank is very healthy, what i do have though is lots of very small worms ,like hairs, that live in it, im suer thats what keeps things balanced.
If you run things the natural way the tank builds its own biosphere