Sand Bed Discussion

[shengyuan]

Thinking of setting up a tank with a sand bed to cover the bottom.

Any reefers can offer advice on sand beds, got any special considerations to take from usual bare bottom tanks?

Also does the size of the sand affect anything.

[LaW]

fine sand - its safe for softbelly fishes. safe for sand wrasse and some goby.

but bad things about fine sand, will cause sandstorm easily as compared to their larger counter part.

dun go for DSB, if u want something natural, take about 2" sand. it will be good enough.

[cdckjn]

I would go for about 1.5 to 2 inches of sand, it looks more natural but will have more problems like algae etc.

[comycus]

sandbed is nice when clean, nightmare when overgrown with algae... haha

So it's a tradeoff, less headache going bare bottom, look nicer but have to maintain going with sand bed

And I would go for shallow sand bed for decorative purposes rather than dsb. Can always create a refugium if you want dsb.

[shengyuan]

Ah I see.. thanks all for your contributions

What maintenance is there with concern to let's say a 2" for decorative purposes?

Like algae and what kind of other stuff?

[comycus]

Ah I see.. thanks all for your contributions

What maintenance is there with concern to let's say a 2" for decorative purposes?

Like algae and what kind of other stuff?

Mostly the different types of algae. hair, red slime, diatoms to name a few. Actually this is prob related to new tank syndrome and will die off as your tank matures, but sometimes might get an outbreak when parameters are off.

[RockyBoy]

Sandbed for worms.

[TayHongSiang]

in the LR, it looks more pleasant to the eyes with sandbed.

[shengyuan]

Sandbed for worms.

WORMS?