Show me your sand bed please :)

[Jay Z]

45 Hawaiian black
6 Hawaiian black
14 (sump tank) Bimini pink

14 has some growth on it. Hard to keep a clean up crew with a carpet anemone that almost takes up the whole back of the tank (18”) I turned the basement lights on for that pic. Tanks on a reverse light schedule. Comes on at 7 pm.

And I know the black looks cool. Do not get it. 50% magnetic. Scratches glass and locks up mp power heads.

I’m switching mine out in the near future.

 

[Hemmdog]

45 Hawaiian black
6 Hawaiian black
14 (sump tank) Bimini pink

14 has some growth on it. Hard to keep a clean up crew with a carpet anemone that almost takes up the whole back of the tank (18”) I turned the basement lights on for that pic. Tanks on a reverse light schedule. Comes on at 7 pm.

And I know the black looks cool. Do not get it. 50% magnetic. Scratches glass and locks up mp power heads.

I’m switching mine out in the near future.

Good call switching out the black. It does look cool, but I agree, laundry list of issues.

 

[Jay Z]

Good call switching out the black. It does look cool, but I agree, laundry list of issues.

Closed top 6 will be upgraded to a rimless 10 with Bimini pink this weekend. 45, I have to wait until I get my 40’s set up, probably a couple months out still.

 

[Subnautica]

Tank is cycling...here's my diatom covered sand bed! :D

What sand is it?

 

[Vinman]

Sand

 

[Crabby48]

May not be the prettiest sand bed but it’s mine. Tropic eden mesoflakes

better picture for gain size

 

[Dragon52]

I have a mixture of sand & gravel. CaribSea
Switched from Hawaiian black to white

 

[VA5]

Yep! It is a Sleeper Banded Goby. I wasn't sure what to expect, but this guy does serious work taking mouthfuls of sand and filtering it.

They keep sand bed clean but spread sand all over corals on bottom third

 

[sarcophytonIndy]

 

[Johnic]

I rake my sand bed every few days before I change filter socks. I turn it over a lot to free up dedtris.

 

[Crabby48]

Hemmdog what zoa’s are these

 

[Crabby48]

I rake my sand bed every few days before I change filter socks. I turn it over a lot to free up dedtris.

What do you use as a rake? I like the thought but haven’t found a tool that worked good for me.
May try extendable scraper next

 

[Hemmdog]

Hemmdog what zoa’s are these

No idea. I have an ID question open on my thread trying to find out haha.

 

[Crabby48]

No idea. I have an ID question open on my thread trying to find out haha.

Hmm They are similar to what I have. I will have to look at mine again to refresh my memory

 

[Phil D.]

I'm lucky in that I have a Marineland Magnum Hang on the Tank filter with a vacuum gravel attachment!! Every 2 weeks I vacuum my sand and get all the nastys on the surface. Help to clean out the nooks and crannys in the rock too.

 

[S2G]

It looks really clean. May I see it up close?

It's somewhat clean. I waited as long as possible before putting my high wattage lights on. The flow and cuc keep things in check right now. Sorry lights were going off

 

[Subnautica]

Thanks everyone for your replies and pictures! I have a question, if my tank is only a month old, is siphoning the sand out all at once a bad idea? I'm thinking about changing it to Fiji Pink (finer sand). But I'll only scoop out 80%, not all.

 

[Subnautica]

May not be the prettiest sand bed but it’s mine. Tropic eden mesoflakes

better picture for gain size

That is a pretty Wrasse! What is it? Looks like 6 Line to me.

 

[Crabby48]

That is a pretty Wrasse! What is it? Looks like 6 Line to me.

Nope it’s a female Lineatus wrasse. She is nasty little one. May have to rehome

 

[Crabby48]

That is a pretty Wrasse! What is it? Looks like 6 Line to me.

Hard to get a good picture of her