Changing out my sand and thinking of using TBS sand for something different. Tank is 3 years old and rock is established but want a new look. Any issues/cons ie pests with using TBS sand? Thanks!
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I gave mine a sift before adding to the tank. I suppose would depend on how much you are getting and your patience level. I pulled out a number of worms and one isopod, which I now am pretty sure was a spheromatid isopod (harmless). Worms were also harmless, but I pulled them out in any case. Got a bunch of lancelets, which aren't worms but look like them and are quite freaky--they don't survive in an aquarium in any case.Changing out my sand and thinking of using TBS sand for something different. Tank is 3 years old and rock is established but want a new look. Any issues/cons ie pests with using TBS sand? Thanks!
I think it looks fine. I only would add the softer sand since I have sand-sleeping wrasses that might appreciate the finer grain of the special grade sand.Gotcha! Yeah those are the exact things I'm worried about. Kinda nervous to put something in the tank that could potentially disrupt what I currently have just to achieve a different style. Do you still like the look of it? Thanks again!!!!
For me, new tank. Never saw diatoms, never had a GHA problem. Had a bit of isolated bryopsis (presumed) in the sand--no idea if from TBS or frags--that I was able to get out without difficulty. Only issue I've had is with bubble algae, which seems to care less if you've got mature ocean rocks/sand or not.Forgot to ask u: was this used to start a new tank or established? Wondering if it went thru all the diatom/algae bloom stages.