DSB/refugium/detrivore advice
Always been a lurker, guess it's time to post.
Hi canadawest btw [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]
OK at long last I have the 33 gal with 120# of oolitic sugar sand and 30 pounds of caribsea live sand (ick, but oh well). Water is almost clear (only been 2 days!). Two problems:
1) In my "I'm so excited to get this finally hooked up" I added all the sand at once, then added water. Would have been better to go an inch at a time to allow faster bacteria growth deep in the bed...but...I did hand mix in the live sand a bit with the oolitic once the water was in. Anyone think this is a huge problem?
2) Detrivore kit. Spaghetti worms, etc etc etc. Any ideas where I can get some to keep this DSB (about 5.5" deep now) from calcifying and lumping up on me? Bristle worms I can provide, but they dont burrow/live in the sand (at least mine don't). I seem to be having a bit of a problem finding spaghetti worms, mysis shrimp, miniature brittle stars, micro stars, etc. Is perhaps getting a few pieces of super quality rock and tossing that in an idea? I have tons of rock around but getting fresh rock may be the answer.
Before I moved my sump for my large tank had a huge abundance of copepods, however I have seen none since the move. I'm sure they'll come back though with time.
Thanks for any advice
Jeff
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