Show me your sand bed please :)

[Subnautica]

My sand looks terrible compared to others. In my LFS the sand is much finer and smooth (though I'm not sure if thats a good thing). Mine is Caribsea Ocean Direct Original Grade.

Just want to look at your sand bed...

 

[doodledreads]

Yours look great! I love the different sizes of granules. Don't have a pic of mine rn, but it is not as clean as yours

 

[KingReef]

I agree, yours looks fantastic. I actually have about 180 lbs of that sand ready to go into my new setup. I like the different sizes and shells that you can see in it. I'm excited to get mine in the tank and I hope it looks as nice as yours.

 

[Subnautica]

Yours look great! I love the different sizes of granules. Don't have a pic of mine rn, but it is not as clean as yours

Thank you probably it looks clean so it's a little nicer lol.

 

[Subnautica]

I agree, yours looks fantastic. I actually have about 180 lbs of that sand ready to go into my new setup. I like the different sizes and shells that you can see in it. I'm excited to get mine in the tank and I hope it looks as nice as yours.

Thank you. Yes please show us when you set up yours

 

[doodledreads]

Thank you probably it looks clean so it's a little nicer lol.

If you want it clean all the time, use a turkey baster and blow off dirt weekly. I can’t anymore coz I have corals all over the sandbed

 

[MTBake]

Mine looks terrible compared to that. I really need to get in and clean mine up. I even have a couple bags of Tropic Eden reef flakes so I can add more I need it. I'll post up a pic when I get home tonight.

 

[blitzkragz]

I think yours looks great! Here are my Tropic Eden MiniFlakes:

 

[S2G]

I have a mix of pretty chunky crushed coral and regular argonite from caribsea. I bought back my old setup and they switched to a thick crushed coral. I was worried it would trap nitrate like gravel so I mixed in regular argonite. I have several snails that keep it clean and stirred up

 

[Midrats]

How old are these tanks? Things are still looking pretty sterile.

 

[Subnautica]

How old are these tanks? Things are still looking pretty sterile.

It's only a month old. Yeah I expect things will go uglier in the future.

Edit: not sure if you're asking me or others though

 

[S2G]

How old are these tanks? Things are still looking pretty sterile.

Mix of stuff from 8yrs to 6 months lol im still adding things but this how it sits

 

[blitzkragz]

How old are these tanks? Things are still looking pretty sterile.

Mine is 7 months old. At one point I got home from vacation and the sand looked horrible after a cyano outbreak. That eventually cleared itself up, and then I credit this guy for constantly keeping my sand bed clean:

 

[S2G]

Mine is 7 months old. At one point I got home from vacation and the sand looked horrible after a cyano outbreak. That eventually cleared itself up, and then I credit this guy for constantly keeping my sand bed clean:

Is that an sleeper goby? I see them for sale all the time but wasnt sure how good a job it would do

 

[Scorpius]

If you really want to go wild show people your bare bottoms, of your tanks guys.....lol

 

[Hemmdog]

 

[Subnautica]

I think yours looks great! Here are my Tropic Eden MiniFlakes:

That's the sand I saw at lfs. I personally prefer it to mine. Fine sand and smooth

 

[Subnautica]

I have a mix of pretty chunky crushed coral and regular argonite from caribsea. I bought back my old setup and they switched to a thick crushed coral. I was worried it would trap nitrate like gravel so I mixed in regular argonite. I have several snails that keep it clean and stirred up

It looks really clean. May I see it up close?

 

[blitzkragz]

Is that an sleeper goby? I see them for sale all the time but wasnt sure how good a job it would do

Yep! It is a Sleeper Banded Goby. I wasn't sure what to expect, but this guy does serious work taking mouthfuls of sand and filtering it.

 

[BlueDamselReef]

Tank is cycling...here's my diatom covered sand bed!