Death By Sand!!!!

[jonnywater]

I have one guy telling me that I have my tank set up wrong. That if you put over a 1/2 an inch of sand in your tank, without a plenum, that everything in your tank will die. That since my sand bed is about 2 1/2 inches deep (at the deepest parts) that all my fish will die. It doesnt matter to him that I have 2 sand sifting sea stars and 40 nassarius snails. Everything in my tank is doomed because my sand bed is over 1/2 an inch deep. This the guy that owns the only local LFS within 25 miles also. He came to drop off my new light. What is the deal here?

 

[oceanists]

Hes Full of crap , alot of people recomend DSB , the only thing that could validate his case is if it becomes a Nitrate trap , but if it is live sand and you have to sand sifting stars , and 40 nas snails , that shouldnt be a problem. Sand sifting stars keep your sand hella clean

 

[oozy]

i agree, full if crap. ive had a 3" sand bed and 0trates for 2 years....
currently have a new tank, and plan on the same type of bed, i loved it, and made less work for me!

 

[jamie814]

I must be doing something wrong then I have a 210 reef with a 6" DSB with no pluem setup for over a year now and not one fish has died. to the LFS owner who thinks he know all

 

[drea]

totall bull

 

[dr. evil]

yep hes full of it

 

[mudplayerx]

Originally Posted by jonnywater
I have one guy telling me that I have my tank set up wrong. That if you put over a 1/2 an inch of sand in your tank, without a plenum, that everything in your tank will die.
I have a 3" sandbed with some areas as deep as 4" and my water has been fine since day 1.

 

[tscuda]

Lets see now How deep is the sand bed in the ocean???????????