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As the title says, why do we like sand beds so much? Well, here’s just a few reasons I like having a sandbed.
It opens up to many more fish options. If I didn’t have a sandbed then some of my favourite genera would be out of reach. I love my Halichoeres and Macropharyngodon wrasses but they unfortunately need a sand bed to have as a secure hiding spot. Now, obviously this can be worked around with a tub of sand in the back of the tank. Which leads me onto my next reason why I love having a sandbed.
They add so much more to your bioactive life. I have found baby amphipods, snails and worms of various species in my sand beds. And that’s just some of the life I’ve seen hiding in there. There’s algae and bacteria that blooms in sandbeds. This is just some of the life in my 4’ tank’s sandbed.
My third reason is… It adds a lot more to the tank in terms of natural looks. And if you have sand of various levels of coarseness then it just adds so much more to a tank.
Again, this is my 4’ tank’s sandbed. I have swapped the sand 3 times in total (Each time went finer) and each time it’s added more to the looks of my tank.
And my final reason I love having a sand bed is… Clams! Now, obviously there are rock-boring clams such as Tridacna maxima, Tridacna crocea and Hippopus hippopus. But in reality, there are clams out there that use the sandbed more than they do rocks. And one clam that does this is Tridacna deresa which is a clam I personally love along with Tridacna squamosa.
So, you’ve heard my opinions on having a sandbed and why I love them so much. I want to hear your opinions, and if you have a bare-bottom tank, do you ever wish you went back to sandbed?
It opens up to many more fish options. If I didn’t have a sandbed then some of my favourite genera would be out of reach. I love my Halichoeres and Macropharyngodon wrasses but they unfortunately need a sand bed to have as a secure hiding spot. Now, obviously this can be worked around with a tub of sand in the back of the tank. Which leads me onto my next reason why I love having a sandbed.
They add so much more to your bioactive life. I have found baby amphipods, snails and worms of various species in my sand beds. And that’s just some of the life I’ve seen hiding in there. There’s algae and bacteria that blooms in sandbeds. This is just some of the life in my 4’ tank’s sandbed.
My third reason is… It adds a lot more to the tank in terms of natural looks. And if you have sand of various levels of coarseness then it just adds so much more to a tank.
Again, this is my 4’ tank’s sandbed. I have swapped the sand 3 times in total (Each time went finer) and each time it’s added more to the looks of my tank.
And my final reason I love having a sand bed is… Clams! Now, obviously there are rock-boring clams such as Tridacna maxima, Tridacna crocea and Hippopus hippopus. But in reality, there are clams out there that use the sandbed more than they do rocks. And one clam that does this is Tridacna deresa which is a clam I personally love along with Tridacna squamosa.
So, you’ve heard my opinions on having a sandbed and why I love them so much. I want to hear your opinions, and if you have a bare-bottom tank, do you ever wish you went back to sandbed?