Sand bed binding????

[TimT]

Ron Shimek(pers conv) mentioned that sand bed clumping is from bacteria binding the grains together. He went on to say that if you put the clump in bleach it will turn into sand again as the bleach breaksdown the binding bacteria/proteins.

The solution to the problem is to incorporate sandbed critters such as conch, nassarius to stir the sand. More imortantly is to have critters that eat the bacteria off of the sand ... enter sand sifting cucumbers such as the Tigertail, pink belly and black.

Cheers,
Tim