Sand or no sand!!

ericrodriguez · Mar 8, 2022

I’m thinking of taking the sand out before I start adding more acros again. Tank it’s running august 14 2020. Thanks God The system it’s stable again and that’s something I’m really considering plus adding t5 to the xr15 currently running now.
Thought and Experience will be greatly appreciate it thanks

nightmarepl · Mar 8, 2022

ericrodriguez said:
I’m thinking of taking the sand out before I start adding more acros again. Tank it’s running august 14 2020. Thanks God The system it’s stable again and that’s something I’m really considering plus adding t5 to the xr15 currently running now.
Thought and Experience will be greatly appreciate it thanks

honestly is it a reef without sand and the creatures living in it? i removed sand once from my 20gallon and never had stability as i did

DYIguy · Mar 8, 2022

I don't think it matters much - sand vs bare bottom as long as you have enough bio filtration- I just don't care for a bare bottom unless it's on a woman

nightmarepl · Mar 8, 2022

DYIguy said:
I don't think it matters much - sand vs bare bottom as long as you have enough bio filtration- I just don't care for a bare bottom unless it's on a woman

DYIguy · Mar 8, 2022

Some say that the substrate contributes much more than many think to the bio filter- I've always liked a nice healthy bottom

eholceker · Mar 8, 2022

Sand. Bare bottom tanks may cause issues with reflections and stressed out fish. Also a good portion of wrasses like to bury in there and sleep. Your going to limit what you livestock you can keep in a bear bottom tank.

john90009 · Mar 8, 2022

Your tank is sustaining itself now with the sand bed, if you remove some over the weeks the tank will have to adjust to the tank with less sand, so I think you would be unbalancing it every time you removed sand.

ericrodriguez · Mar 8, 2022

thanks everyone for your response

I’ve seen videos of people getting better results after removing it that’s why I decided to ask here and see your thoughts…
It’s getting harder to keep the phosphates down!!
I thought about it as a help

eholceker · Mar 8, 2022

ericrodriguez said:
thanks everyone for your response

I’ve seen videos of people getting better results after removing it that’s why I decided to ask here and see your thoughts…
It’s getting harder to keep the phosphates down!!
I thought about it as a help

Controlled lanthum dosing in a skimmer. Phosphates also bind to live rock.

erics210 · Mar 8, 2022

I have not had sand since November 2019. And still ha e phosphates issues. So, it's not a cure all.

Some SPS dominant tanks remove sand just to allow for way more flow

amado · Mar 8, 2022

My vote is always for sand in a tank.
I have sand in 3 of my tanks. The only frag tanks have no sand.
when I moved and I setup my system I was going to do no sand on my 220g
My wife looked at the tank with rocks and no sand and say that looks like ****
Add sand.

have have wrasses that sleep in the sand.
I have snails that clean the sand.
I have diamond goby that cleans the sand all day.

ericrodriguez · Mar 8, 2022

Thanks for replying back guys

nightmarepl · Mar 9, 2022

amado said:
My vote is always for sand in a tank.
I have sand in 3 of my tanks. The only frag tanks have no sand.
when I moved and I setup my system I was going to do no sand on my 220g
My wife looked at the tank with rocks and no sand and say that looks like ****
Add sand.

have have wrasses that sleep in the sand.
I have snails that clean the sand.
I have diamond goby that cleans the sand all day.

which wrasse you got

DYIguy · Mar 9, 2022

I had a yellow coris wrasse that would spend 10 hrs a day in the sand- went to 'bed' at the same time every day, have a flasher now that either doesn't sleep in the sand or does it after lights out

Sand or no sand!!

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