BB Or sand Bed?

[banditpowdercoat]

Once upon a time, I had sand in my 150g. But had a Wrassehole who loved to spread sand all over my tank. So I removed the sand. Only a lil, maybe 1/4" under couple sections of rock. But the Wrasse is gone now. I'm wondering if it would be benificial to put a sandbed back? Maybe coarser? I had Fine Caribsea sand at the time.

Whats your thoughts? Pro's con's? I know needs to be within a certian thickness right, to not get the anerobic layer? Or do we want to have that layer?

[monocus]

my sand bed is between 4-8 inches of sugar sand

[chi]

This is one of those 50/50 things. Flip a coin to decide. Too many failures, and success stories.

Should just really decide based on visual appeal. I personally like a very thin layer of sand bed and I would create a "sand storm" once a week to take care of any detritus.

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[Proteus]

Originally Posted by chi

This is one of those 50/50 things. Flip a coin to decide. Too many failures, and success stories.

Should just really decide based on visual appeal. I personally like a very thin layer of sand bed and I would create a "sand storm" once a week to take care of any detritus.

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+1. I like the clean if BB and the look of sand. Tile was the middle

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

We tried for 6 months going BB but wifey & I hated the look. Always have 1-2" sandbed of coarse sand in all my tanks. I also like having lots of wrasses.

[spit.fire]

Originally Posted by Proteus

+1. I like the clean if BB and the look of sand. Tile was the middle

I went tile and used gravel as grout

[jason604]

What we're all trying to do is to mimic the ocean. What kind of ocean doesn't have sand? I have about 2-3'' Got a sand sifting fish so I don't have to worry about keeping the sand clean. He keeps it looking brand spanking new =). I got Fiji pink Carib

[jason604]

What we're all trying to do is to mimic the ocean. What kind of ocean doesn't have sand? I have about 2-3'' Got a sand sifting fish so I don't have to worry about keeping the sand clean. He keeps it looking brand spanking new =). I got Fiji pink Carib

[jason604]

Originally Posted by spit.fire

I went tile and used gravel as grout

Can u show me a pic of what this looks like?

[Dearth]

I had sugar sand in my first tank had a ton of issues with it so when I upgraded I did half my tank in course sand and the other half in crushed coral both to 3/4 inch in depth and I like the look I no longer have sand all over everything and the fish/inverts that like sand can have their playground and on the crushed coral side I love the look of it and surprisingly a lot of my inverts love playing in it.

BB tanks have their advantages too but I am not a big fan of them myself but there are some damn fine tanks out there BB and are very drool worthy.