spectra Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 Ok am going to be setting up a new tank here in the next few months. Lately my 30 has been acting up. Well came home today to find my cucumber had buried my acans with sand then one of my conchs crawled into the duncansDOH! Well story now conch might be dead and also duncans are all closed up and pissed off(flame) So let me know what you think of bare bottom tanks. I really like my nesarius snails and conchs but if it is going to cause problems will just for go the sand and try something else. Also new tank is going to have a bunch of flow so sand might not stay in place. Any and all coments are welcome so let me know what you think. Thanks(rock2) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 I prefer the look of substrate, but know what you mean... it can be a PITA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectra Posted August 9, 2008 Author Share Posted August 9, 2008 I prefer the look of substrate' date=' but know what you mean... it can be a PITA[/quote'] Sad part is I do to but am so pissed with things that am ready to throw in the towel on sand(flame) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaywood Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 What are the advantages / disadvantages of sand? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCR Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 Good question with a million answers. These are just a few thoughts. Every one of them will have pro's and con's by all. Will you be loosing any bio diversity? Your readings are great. What will you loose in food source with no sand. Do you have a Mandarin Gobi? Will you do a DSB bucket? You can increase flow without "dust storms" Have less debris. Are you going to raise your rock? Are you going to do a faux sand bed? Have you thought of changing some of the critters. I have always had sand beds. great success with them. Never crashed. I will be doing a BB with white board and faux sand bed with raised rock and separate sand bed. So lets see how many thought are out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 I have had my DSB for about 7 years now and do nothing to maintain it but have snails. Not that I havent had my problems but most of the time its easy sailing. I couldnt imagine having a reeftank without sand but thats just me and I have seen some amazing tanks without sand but many many more with sand. Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaywood Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 I occassionally have diatoms (brown algae) on my substrate. All parameters are perfect, but they still come. What kind of snails do you use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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