Clean up crew
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Dadof4
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Clean up crew
Can anyone recommend a sand stirring creature for a brackish tank? No Puffers, just my dragon gobies. Had a kind of light sulfur smell when I stirred it by hand today and I think it needs something that burrows continuously, large snail or something.....
"Darwin swings...annnnnnd a miss. Boy Jim, Chuck's suffered at the plate tonight. He's 0 for 3 and I'm not sure he's recovered from that shoulder pull a few weeks ago. I'll bet the front office is re-thinking that contract."
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Jase
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Re: Clean up crew
you can get a mess of MTS if you're feeling brave.
Watch your fish closely, even a little H2S can kill. how deep is your sand bed?
Watch your fish closely, even a little H2S can kill. how deep is your sand bed?
-Jase
edmlfc1 wrote:A house without a puffer is not a home.
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Iliveinazoo
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Re: Clean up crew
A sole would probably do the job quite nicely and co-exist with dragon gobies but I think that the majority of brackish soles require a low SG around 1.005?
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Dadof4
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Re: Clean up crew
I keep the sand bed about 2 inches deep but these guys shift the sand around and pile it deeper in places. I'm really anal retentive about stirring it weekly but I'm starting to think that may not be enough.Jase wrote:you can get a mess of MTS if you're feeling brave.
Watch your fish closely, even a little H2S can kill. how deep is your sand bed?
Now, why would I need to be brave for MTS?
"Darwin swings...annnnnnd a miss. Boy Jim, Chuck's suffered at the plate tonight. He's 0 for 3 and I'm not sure he's recovered from that shoulder pull a few weeks ago. I'll bet the front office is re-thinking that contract."
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Jase
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Re: Clean up crew
Hmmm.. 2 inches isn't much, and stirring should do the trick... but if you smell it, then I guess it's not enough.
Once you have MTS, you have them. they are very hard to get rid of.
Once you have MTS, you have them. they are very hard to get rid of.
-Jase
edmlfc1 wrote:A house without a puffer is not a home.