BEST DETRITUS EATERS? - Nano-Reef Community I have a tank, 12 gallons, with a lot of rock work It looks great, but I am having a problem with detritus (poop) build up I have 7 hermit crabs, 5 narssies (SIP) snails, and one damsel Wanted to know if anybody had any thoughts about what the best detritus eaters are Thanks in advance
What can I put in my sump that eats detritus? - Nano-Reef Community Well, what about detritus in the part of a sump where you have LR rubble, Ive always had detritus in that part of my sump but im thinking about putting a layer of egg crate high enough to put a MJ900 under it then put the rubble on top of the egg crate so the MJ keep the detritus stirred up instead of it resting on the bottom
Team Bare Bottom - General Discussion - Nano-Reef Community For me, vacuuming detritus from a bare bottom tank is just like vacuuming out a sand bed Its a like 5 more minutes of work every couple weekends to get the detritus from the sand bed and it looks better Plus i really wanted to add a goby pistol shrimp pair I also like to keep corals on the sandbed
Fluval 13. 5 Dead zones - Equipment Forum - Nano-Reef Community Im running a sicce 5 on the return with stock Y return nozzles Im getting some dead zones on the LR directly below the return nozzles and cant seem to find a good way to position flow to reach that (lots of detritus settling) I have two 1 4" RFG nozzles I could put on the Y locline but I've he
Do you vacuum or stir your sand bed? - Nano-Reef Community If you have coarse sand you probably should siphon because it will trap detritus like mad (I use fine sand) Also if you do vacuum you should only do very small parts of your sandbed at a time, because as you all know from cycling, denitrifying bacteria will take weeks to recolonize and if you do too much you can get a feedback loop that'll
detritus from inside my live rock - Nano-Reef Community imo most detritus you should always try to remove quickly as wide of biodiversity as our typical tanks have are, most setups are still really not capable of being "self-contained" where every niche job of the biotope is dealt with; i e feces removal, cadaver removal, plant pruning, organics buildup, etc in most of those issues, it's the hobbyist that needs to step in to close that "loose