Do you keep your sand bed clean or cluttered?

[Oscaror]

Do you prefer to leave your sand bed empty or do you like to cover it in corals? I personally think the lack of corals on the sand bed makes the corals on the rock stand out more (positive/negative space and all that) but i know some of us just cant stop collecting when the rock's covered

Clean sand bed, looks great

Cluttered sand bed, also looks great

Which do you prefer?

 

[Entz]

Nothing on mine for now.. #Gobylife (He is even moving empty snail shells now lol)

 

[Oscaror]

Nothing on mine for now.. #Gobylife (He is even moving empty snail shells now lol)

Same here. I just rescaped so my engineer goby is still digging tunnels

 

[tupes]

These are photos from 2016 before my tank crash.

 

[Waters]

I like a spotless sand bed....like the first picture. When there is a bunch of stuff on the ground it reminds me of my kid's bedrooms and I want to start picking stuff up

 

[BeejReef]

I take your point, but those are two extremes in your pictures. I'd like a three or four sizeable colonies on small, stand alone rocks in the bed. Agreed, clutter and an overfull bed doesn't look great.

 

[Oscaror]

I take your point, but those are two extremes in your pictures. I'd like a three or four sizeable colonies on small, stand alone rocks in the bed. Agreed, clutter and an overfull bed doesn't look great.

Two extremes to show the best of both worlds

 

[Oliver d]

Well my sand bed is quite cluttered up with corals growing on it

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

I always try to keep it clear...it always ends up cluttered... :/

 

[Jay Z]

My beds covered in snail shells, hermit crab bits and crab snd shrimp sheds.

On the tanks in question. I can go either way. Depend on how it’s setup and the overall look.

 

[wowatracy]

If it's not normally found on a sand bed in the wild then it's not on the sand bed in my tank.

 

[flchamp89]

Can I pick both lol

 

[Oscaror]

I always try to keep it clear...it always ends up cluttered... :/

It always starts with one frag you think you'll glue later

My beds covered in snail shells, hermit crab bits and crab snd shrimp sheds.

On the tanks in question. I can go either way. Depend on how it’s setup and the overall look.

I feel bad for you son, I got 99 problems but a shell ain't one

If it's not normally found on a sand bed in the wild then it's not on the sand bed in my tank.

I think this is what most people do. I could count on one hand the amount of times I've seen a trachy or a clam on the rockwork in a tank

Can I pick both lol

 

[vetteguy53081]

I keep very little sand in my tank and very little on the Little sand that I have (which for me allows detrious to reach the filter quickly. For me, past experiences expresses that sand irritates and upsets various coral so I keep them elevated.

 

[Jay Z]

I feel bad for you son, I got 99 problems but a shell ain't one

Natural way to buffer calcium.

 

[srad750c]

All kinds of stuff on my sandbed, I need to figure out something. I have 3 of 4 corners covered.

 

[Oscaror]

Natural way to buffer calcium.

come on Jay Z did you really not get the reference?

 

[MombasaLionfish]

I have rocks, macroalgae, and shells on my sand.

 

[Rilo]

It's hard not to have corals on my 10g's sandbed. To much stuff not enough space.

 

[LiveWire]

I do keep some corals on the bottom of the tank they are just not on a sand bed as I went Bare Bottom.