Sand! SOS

[Reefer Rob]

Sand just distracts from your corals. The sand must go! Turn those puppies up to 100%.

BTW I don't see the corals in the picture

[dynamite]

Originally Posted by Tyler Werbowski

I have 2 MP40s in a standard 120. I use caribsea special grade sand and I have no sand storms and it stays put. Rinse it well...

Thanks! Do you have at 100% or similar? Does the sand stays clean, or does it becomes a detritus trap?

Originally Posted by Reefer Rob

Sand just distracts from your corals. The sand must go! Turn those puppies up to 100%.

BTW I don't see the corals in the picture

No.. I hate the way it looks w/o sand it looks unappealing and unnatural.

I'll be gone for a month and a friend will take care of the tank So I'll wait until I come back

[Werbo]

Of couse it will become a detritus trap. As the pro-bare bottom enthusiasts will say the detritus must settle somewhere and it will settle in your sand. If you go bare bottom you can easily spot detrius build up and siphon it out. Some sandbed owners regularly vaccum their sandbed.

I only have a 1 inch sandbed and vaccum it monthly.

[dynamite]

Thanks Tyler, what kind of sand do you have and what do you use to vaccum you sand?

Thanks.

[Werbo]

Caribsea special grade reef sand.
http://www.caribsea.com/pages/buy_it...anddirect.html


Just a $8 thingy... for cleaning gravel/sandbeds.

[dynamite]

and it works? are you happy so far? LOL