Clean Sand????

dawgs · 11-22-2005, 08:45 PM

ok ive been out of the loop for a while ...my tank is still up and running but without fish....i have plenty of LR in it with a sand bed.....how can i keep the bed looking clean? i see some of your tanks and they are georgous...me sand looks "dirty"....how can i make it look clean?

Casey · 11-22-2005, 08:50 PM

Lots of people use sand stirrers like starfish and gobies to keep it turned over

so it stay's nice and white.

dawgs · 11-22-2005, 09:01 PM

what type of starfish do you think is the best?

Casey · 11-22-2005, 09:06 PM

Well I dont have a sandbed but probably the Serpent Star

or Brittle Star

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Originally Posted by dawgs

what type of starfish do you think is the best?

xaoss23 · 11-22-2005, 09:10 PM

or you could go the siphon route.... just clean the sand everytime youre doing a water change.
(I could be wrong on this but I think the majority of pics posted are "new" tanks, which could contribute to why so many look so clean)

Geoff · 11-23-2005, 02:55 AM

lots of flow across the sand helps a lot.

how deep and what kind of sand is it?

G~