moving - how to keep the good stuff from the old substrate?

[rblair]

I'l l be moving at the end of the month - I will be replacing my 180 (currently a non drilled tank with lots of scratches I got cheap) with a new one, but will be housing my livestock and rock in a 90 for a week or so till i can get the new tank set up in the new house.

My questions is, I plan on replacing the substrate but how do you go about getting anything that is living in it out to keep, like snails, worms, whatever else might be in there or is it not worth he trouble? Snails seem straight forward being big enough to feel just sifting through it.

 

[brandon429]

the live rock seeds the new sand, throw it out and strain out the snails agreed.

I know there are online sources that say live rock doesn't seed the sand with worms, they're just wrong. our sandrinse thread has fine macro pics of the event

the worms traverse both the live rock and the sand, they didn't arrive in the sand originally in the bag of Fiji pink sand or whichever brand. those are just either dry, or they are wet sand grains with bacteria. all the good stuff in our sand comes from the lr.


nothing good is in the bed, we advocate either replacing it fully (and rinsing the new bed before use so well its impossible to cloud upon filling) or rinsing out that sandbed 100% and reusing. transfer no waste.

the kind of setup we move without disturbing is the dedicated remote dsb. its delicate layers and stratifications of oxygen actually work there, since fish aren't pooping directly into the system 26 times a day.

display tank sandbeds are diapers.

 

[cjd]

+ 1

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

display tank sandbeds are diapers.

hahahahaaa

 

[rblair]

thanks brandon - that makes sense - just didn't want to toss anything by accident. The sand will be replaced with new

 

[brandon429]

I know what I typed was offensive to 14 readers still practicing classic sandbed technique. im moderately sorry for saying it

its just fun to try and bring on new tides in reefing practice, they're testing out well in my micro system so at least its not haphazard recommend~

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

I know what I typed was offensive to 14 readers still practicing classic sandbed technique. im moderately sorry for saying it

Dont be. Its your method.
The tides have actually been turning as well in modern sandbed methodology as of late. It was a point of Discussion at Macna Last year in fact.

My new favorite video. Folks seem to like it.