Flat or hilly sand beds

[jason604]

Ur rock work looks rly good dude. But just out of curiosity how come it looks like it will be sticking out well above water lvl? As for sand bed u should get a sifter goby. Then u will have a forever changing sand bed that will be auto cleaned. That's only if u don't decide on getting LPS that's stays on sand bed like scoly or plates etc. I constantly have to blast sand off them -.- kinda dreadful lol.

[IanWR]

I think so long as you have critters that move sand (conch, nassarius snails, etc) your sand will end up flat-ish. I'd say the benefits of a clean up crew outweigh the aesthetic advantage of wavey sand.

- Ian

[Leah]

My sand is not flat...I do siphon my sand though.

[Basile]

Originally Posted by jason604

Ur rock work looks rly good dude. But just out of curiosity how come it looks like it will be sticking out well above water lvl? As for sand bed u should get a sifter goby. Then u will have a forever changing sand bed that will be auto cleaned. That's only if u don't decide on getting LPS that's stays on sand bed like scoly or plates etc. I constantly have to blast sand off them -.- kinda dreadful lol.

You've noticed hey...lol. This is due to three things. First when i did the sculpture it was braced on 1/2" pvc pipes but they cracked so i had to replace it with 1" pipe but forgot that extra 1/2" inch it gave the structure, then the weight of the thing was too great to put in on its feet so it rest on tw sheets of 1/2" of plexiglass so it too raised the sculpture again. Then the third reason is i'm an idiot, like i said in my videos on making these sculptures, dont start sculpture until you have your tanks as point of refference for your scale or you'll have issues with scales ... i started without my tanks , yep.... didn't listen to my own recomendations.So there you have it lol. But it actually wont be a big problem really. But it almost was. Anyway if you want to see how i did it this is the link; http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=98466

[Craigdillman]

Add a pistol shrimp you'll never have flat sand

[hillegom]

I've got a diamond head goby, - always changing sandbed.

[Maverick00]

I actually thought the rock above the water was kind of a neat look, never seen it before. Plus it gives the critters a place to sun tan which can ease tank stress.

[Basile]

Originally Posted by Maverick00

I actually thought the rock above the water was kind of a neat look, never seen it before. Plus it gives the critters a place to sun tan which can ease tank stress.

I actually like it too , it'll be like an island and my crabs will climb on it like they do on the volcano tank i'm told by some. Its also a good size to put my beer when i work in the tank, lol

[nickguay]

I have a deep sand bed and I have a nassarius snails and a tiger pistol shrimp in there so it is ever changing... and yes like other have said, depending how you postion your power heads, you can arrange them so that small hills will form, but I don't do that, at least not on purpose