sand bed

Hi so i recently got some now coral sand And when I was doing my fortnightly water change I found this in my sand and I can’t figure out what it is it looks like little pink little worms. I’m trying to figure out if they’re dangerous to my aquarium

Well I originally got CaribSea Hawaiian black live sand for my tank when I started 7 months back. Between parts of the sand sticking to my magnetic cleaners and scratching my glass and the creeping suspicion it is leeching metals into my tank, I want to change out the sand completely. It's...

I got this reef for 18 months. Never cleaned the sand. The sandbed is Aragonite 2mm with 1'' height. I thought it was coralline algae in the sand, but i'm not sure anymore, it looks really ugly! Nitrates and phosphates 0 I showed this picture to a LRS owner and he think it might be a...

Set up a 180 G display tank with a 75G sump, added sand, rock, and has been cycling for 40ish days now. There is something growing on the sand bed that I cannot Identify.

Hi all, I just started this hobby and I am wondering if I put too much sand into my tank? It said I should add about 1 inch and it's approx between 1-1.3 inches at times. I wanted to know everyone's opinion, should I remove some sand? Thanks!

How do you maintain your sand bed? Do you use a gravel vac to clean it out every time you do a water change, do you stir it once a week, or just leave it be? There's some debate about what the best method is -- if you vac, you'll clean out old detritus and keep the water clean, but perhaps pull...

I have a new build, a Waterbox 130.4. From the beginning I planned on setting up auto water change, running a line through the wall to a holding tank in my laundry room. I’m at the point now where it’s ready to set up.. but I’m having doubts whether it’s even worth it. I have sand, and one of...

What is this? I get so many different answers. Cyano is my final analysis but is it that. Should I get more snails? Which kind preferred? Also should I change the salt that I use? I get it from my LFS.

when building my tank I went for the idea unions unions unions. yesterday morning I was doing some much needed cleaning of my sump adjusted a union (main drain with gate valve) under the stand and a union under the overflow loosened up and began to drip. OMG 140 ish total volume tank and sump...

I'm upgrading to a larger tank. Bought an established 250 gallon reef off of someone. I wanted to replace the sand bed since his is over a year old. My current reef tank has a really white find sand, I want something similar maybe not as fine but I have no idea what it is since someone else...

I'm replacing my current 4 year old sand bed with a larger sized grain. I've removed half. It's about 2 gal of sand. If you want it let me know. If you want to pay for it even better. I'm planning on replacing the other half next week, Tuesday 09/18. It's wet sand. I switched over to the...

Hi All, I am in the process of researching/purchasing a sand dwelling wrasse. Since these fish need a sand bed to sleep in, how would you go about medicating? I plan on observing and doing prazi only, as long as there is no problems noted. Will sand absorb prazi? Thanks!

I recently got my fist ever Diamond watchman goby, it was all fun and games until he started moving around the sand. I know that is how they get food but now my tank is completely sandy and looks like I added the sand yesterday. Will he do this all the time or will he stop making such a mess...

Hi! I've created a sump design and would like some feedback on it. Pardon me for cramping the drawing a bit. Hope it's readable enough and not an eyesore. It has following 4 chambers: 1) Protein Skimmer 2) Ceramic Rings, Pot Scrubbers(Scrubbies Affectionately) and maybe Activated Carbon 3)...

Hi! My first post here. I've got a few queries. Hope someone experienced would help out. 1) I've already got Chaetos macroalgae for my refugium, but my sump tank isn't ready yet. Now, I might not be able to collect it till the next weekend. I've kept it in a bucket of saltwater. Will it survive...

Good afternoon everyone. This is my first post on R2R as well as my first post on any forum... ever. I was wondering something about clean up crews. What is the rule when it comes to cleaning the substrate of a tank when a cleaner crew is in place. I am not wanting to come off as a slacker but I...

I have recently had the emergence of brown algae on my sandbed that has coincided with some other inconsistencies in my 180. All within the past month, I have had: Emergence of Diatoms, mostly on sandbed. darker in some areas, non existent where there is no light (under rock/coral overhangs...

I'm constantly getting asked how I keep my tank so clean. I figured I would make a quick video focusing on the sand bed and how I keep it spotless. I use to "stir" it with the end of my Eheim tongs, but this method is even easier and less invasive around the corals. NOTE: If you currently...