mrg02d
Aquarium Advice FINatic
Hello all,
I have had some nasty looking sand for some time now, and just got around to asking today.
I have been up and running for 9 months now and have a 20gallon reef tank. My sand bed is 1.5in deep in the deepest spot. The top layer of sand looks yucky. (Light brown with shades of red). Other places are more white. It doesnt look like the diatoms I had before, and is relatively thick. (up to 1cm). Some other places have black regions deeper below.
I dont have any sand sifters except for hermits. I couldnt keep nessarius snails alive in my tank since I only have three small fish and dont feed but once every other day. (two clownfish, one sixline wrasse).
They all died of starvation I assume. Little food makes it to the bottom, and what does is quickly snatched up by my cleaner shrimp, pom pom crab, or the hermits.
How can I keep these nasty spots from forming? How do I deal with them now? Are they dangerous regions of hydrogen sulfide?
Matt
I have had some nasty looking sand for some time now, and just got around to asking today.
I have been up and running for 9 months now and have a 20gallon reef tank. My sand bed is 1.5in deep in the deepest spot. The top layer of sand looks yucky. (Light brown with shades of red). Other places are more white. It doesnt look like the diatoms I had before, and is relatively thick. (up to 1cm). Some other places have black regions deeper below.
I dont have any sand sifters except for hermits. I couldnt keep nessarius snails alive in my tank since I only have three small fish and dont feed but once every other day. (two clownfish, one sixline wrasse).
They all died of starvation I assume. Little food makes it to the bottom, and what does is quickly snatched up by my cleaner shrimp, pom pom crab, or the hermits.
How can I keep these nasty spots from forming? How do I deal with them now? Are they dangerous regions of hydrogen sulfide?
Matt