kirkreynolds
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What Does A Sand Sifting Cucumber Do?
Sand Sifting Cucumber
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sudc
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It basically eats "dirty" sand and poops out "clean" sand in little rice sized pellets
kirkreynolds
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i dont have live sand i have marine subtrates does that make a difference? so are they a good choice or bad?
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sudc
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Originally Posted by tropills
eats detritus at first till that food supply runs out the moves onto copepods and any other small beneficial food it can eat eventully depleting your sand bed.
Greg
Thats a sand sifting starfish(kind of) not a cucumber.
eats detritus at first till that food supply runs out the moves onto copepods and any other small beneficial food it can eat eventully depleting your sand bed.
Greg
Thats a sand sifting starfish(kind of) not a cucumber.
tropills
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Originally Posted by kirkreynolds
i dont have live sand i have marine subtrates does that make a difference? so are they a good choice or bad?
If you have crushed coral substrate forget it.. to large of pieces. IMO don't get one at all they will eat everthing you want to keep in you substrate , copepods,worms, and such....
Greg
i dont have live sand i have marine subtrates does that make a difference? so are they a good choice or bad?
If you have crushed coral substrate forget it.. to large of pieces. IMO don't get one at all they will eat everthing you want to keep in you substrate , copepods,worms, and such....
Greg
kirkreynolds
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so the sand marine subtrates still have worms and such in them? i thought only live sand did.
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what would you suggest instead to clean the tank?
tropills
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Originally Posted by kirkreynolds
what would you suggest instead to clean the tank?
as for cleaning the substrate, just get some nassarius snails, and a few blue leg hermits, don't stir or vacuum the substrate. if you have real good flow across the bottom of the tank you shouldn't have much waste collecting anyway..
Greg
what would you suggest instead to clean the tank?
as for cleaning the substrate, just get some nassarius snails, and a few blue leg hermits, don't stir or vacuum the substrate. if you have real good flow across the bottom of the tank you shouldn't have much waste collecting anyway..
Greg