Dirty sand bed. How can I clean it up?
 

Hi Patrick, depending on the size of your sand bed, I'd recommend a fighting conch or two. They do an excellent job keeping the sandbed clear in my 155gal.

Dirty sand bed. How can I clean it up?
 

a small pitaful 33G.

Anyone feel sorry enought to lend me a 90G with lighting and a stand? :D

Dirty sand bed. How can I clean it up?
 

The fighting conchs are the best bet. They took care of my brown slime problem and the top of the sand has never looked better.

Dirty sand bed. How can I clean it up?
 

As long as you have enough open sand, your 33 should support a fighting conch. Just try not to get a queen by mistake. From what I understand, the queen grows quickly.

Dirty sand bed. How can I clean it up?
 

for a guid line you want at least 1 square foot of open sand bed for a fighting conch.. I have 2 of them and they clean up my 92 gal in less than a week. one thing you might find is once and a while they will dissapear for a week to 2 weeks and when they come out they will be bigger than befor (at least thats what mine do) the problem is when they do disapear you get a dirty sand bed again :D but they clean it fast when they come back out.

Steve

Dirty sand bed. How can I clean it up?
 

Over the past few months my sand bed seems to be getting darker, like there it is dirty. It is hard to explain. When I look at other websites I always see a nice clean sand bed. I only have about 4 – 5 small blue legged hermitts and 10 snails which I thought would be enough?? I am not the biggest fan of the hermitts as they can be aggressive from my experience.

I usually check my parameters every month and I have not noticed anything wrong other than my calcium is becoming lower quicker.

My Bak Pak was out of commision for about 2 weeks and my water was getting a little green so I have increase the water changes and fixed the skimmer. My water is clearer but the sand is still a little dark.

Any suggestions? I tried taking pictures but they don’t really show what I am talking about.

I am using coraline crushed corals for my sand bed and it is about 1.5 to 2” deep.

Thanks
Patrick

Dirty sand bed. How can I clean it up?
 

I use a couple of yellow watchmen gobbies in my small reeftank. They do an excellent job picking up any loose food, and also sift a good layer off the top of the sandbed. The hermits will take care of the rest! Goodluck, sff ;)

Dirty sand bed. How can I clean it up?
 

Problem with sand sifting fish is that, in very short order, they decimate the fauna and infauna of your live sand bed.

Dirty sand bed. How can I clean it up?
 

Thanks I will get a fighting conch. I have many corals including 2 brains on the sand. Will there is be any problem there?

Thanks
Patrick

Dirty sand bed. How can I clean it up?
 

I don't think so Patrick.