overpopulating ls ?

[peasly1]

in a 10 gal tank about 5 months ago, I started this tank to produce ls seed for my other tanks,I started w/ 15-20lbs of cari bea sand and 10lbs ls 15lbs lr..my ? is now there is very much activity in there white worms red worms snails pods could these get crowded and kill each other off..to keep the tank from not being to boring in there now is a 1 in. maroon and 2 1 in. green chromis just curious thanx

 

[broomer5]

Hi peasly1 !
Well it sounds like your system is working very well, and you're cook'n up some fine live sand and critters for your other tanks.
Are you still planning on removing some of this live sand and sand critters for seeding other tanks ?
I'm only guessing - but as long as you're feeding the tank - and the sand critters are increasing in their numbers - I'd say you're doing just fine.
I suppose there would be a point of their increasing numbers becoming somewhat "self-limiting" although I have no idea where that point would be.
Use your best judgement - and if you start to see a decline - you could start harvesting some of the critters and sand for other tanks - and replenish the sand in the 10 gallon.
Keep'er going - sounds like you got it working !

 

[peasly1]

hey broomer, how ya been..yes I have been seeding my 30 and my 125 w/ that ls, a couple of cups at a time and replacing some dry cari bea back to the 10,since adding a dsb to all of my tanks my nitrates have dropped quite a bit,everything seems to be fine..thanks for the thought