Thinking of going BB. Need guidance please!

[Chin_Lee]

Originally Posted by OCDP

This has been my point of view on sand now. And after a quick turkey basting on my sand bed yesterday, and seeing the clouds of ..... crap coming up just made me think of whats being trapped down there.

At the same time, I feel bad taking out the sand... I'll be killing off a lot of slugs and worms this way.

Lastly Chin, your link did not work for me, and I am a bit slow.. I don't understand your siphon method. Either way, I am sure I can put two and two together and figure it out ! Thanks a lot.

Last question still remains... can a YWG live and thrive without a sandbed?

try the link now http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=392144&goto=newpost

when you siphon water, stick the end of the hose into the sand and it will suck up sand and water at the same time

i have a ywg in my sump that has a 4" dsb. he refuses to stay in the sand area and aways ends up in the other side of the sump without sand. it has been living there for about a year and will eat any left over foods that get into that area. i'm always expecting to find a dead YWG but its been a year and its still there. so as far as my fish is concern, it doesn't need sand but others may contradict this.

if you have fish that needs sand to bury into (wrasse) put a small 2-3" shallow container of sand under the rockwork where it will eventually find it and use it.