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cracker

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coleBB said:
dude u are crazy huh...lol
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Your right but there is a certain logic to my madness. Now I was Ok with my setup until recently. I ran across a post here that hit home. The "Wise" point was something like "tear it down now & do it right, otherwise You will always wish You had".
 
JoJo

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i dont think your sandbed is too deep, it looks about the same as mine(6" in some places).

that would be nice to have that area behind the tank and i dont think it would be too much work. just do it in stages but before you REALLY start stocking the tank with coral and fish.
 
cracker

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JoJo said:
i dont think your sandbed is too deep, it looks about the same as mine(6" in some places).

that would be nice to have that area behind the tank and i dont think it would be too much work. just do it in stages but before you REALLY start stocking the tank with coral and fish.
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Well said!:ponder2:
 
framerguy

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Yeah, I don't think it is too deep either. Mine is nearly as deep. It just makes for a more natural nitrate reduction area. You probably will have to work a little harder at maintaining it is all.
 
JoJo

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what do you mean by maintaining it Greg? making sure you have good sandbed cleaners or skimming the top of it every so often?
 
BigAl07

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Would it be "that" hard to scoop out the sand and rake it around? I mean it wont be fun and it wont look good (Clean) for a day but I wont be that hard to do.. I don't think.... :)
 
JoJo

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so we're SUPPOSED to rake sand as OPPOSED to removing a section at a time after a certain period of time?
 
JoJo

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with a huge CUC, is there enough for them to feed on? i'm adding to my CUC slowly because i dont want to add to quickly and they die from starvation.
 
BigAl07

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You want to stock your CUC according to your tanks needs. On the days I feed I don't "pollute" the tank but I've always liked a healthy CUC crew. I went with the suggestions or John with ReefCleaners.org - Home and he shipped me one heck of a CUC. I've had them a few months now and they are actually multiplying in the tank so I would assume no one is starving and the tank stays VERY clean.
 
JoJo

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thats what i want. i like the activity of a CUC as much as the fish. i'll have to check out that site. did you do all snails or crab and stuff too?
 
BigAl07

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I didn't do any crabs. I have a good local source for them and I can watch them before I buy them. So I do have crabs (not like THAT) but I got all snails from Reef Cleaners (the price can't be beat AND they are an RS Sponsor).
 
cracker

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I'm getting a kick out of the discussion. I don't have a proper cleanup crew. Every so often I lightly rake & syphon off the very top layer of sand in problem areas. I guess eventually I'll end up with a more "shallow" sandbed. I'm not unhappy with this dsb. However "if" I do move the tank I will go with a lot less sand.
here are a couple pics of my poorly maintained sand bed.
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