DSB - when to add detrivores?

KurtG · Joined: 10 Dec 2007 Posts: 57

After setting up a DSB with mature rock and a pre-existing refugium, how
long should i wait to add detrivores? Just concerned that they don't
starve before they get enough bio-load in the sand.

--Kurt

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Wayne Sallee · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 526

Detrivores don't need much food.
Can you give us more details on this setup so that
we can better answer your question?

Wayne Sallee
Wayne@WayneSallee.com

KurtG wrote on 1/23/2008 7:19 PM:
> After setting up a DSB with mature rock and a pre-existing refugium, how
> long should i wait to add detrivores? Just concerned that they don't
> starve before they get enough bio-load in the sand.
>
> --Kurt

KurtG · Joined: 10 Dec 2007 Posts: 57

Wayne Sallee wrote:
> Detrivores don't need much food.
> Can you give us more details on this setup so that we can better answer
> your question?

100 gallon tank with probably 130# of rock and 6 in sand bed. It's been
set up for a year, but I recently washed and sifted all the sand so
everything is below 1.5 mm right now.

I have 1 blue legged hermit, turbos, 2 conchs, 1 gray angel, naso tang,
mated pair of tomatoes, 2 BTA's, Sgt major (2 inches), 2 damsels.

The fug is still full of detritous, so there are still plenty of
nutrients around. However, there has been a lot less slime on the glass.

--Kurt

Wayne Sallee · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 526

Ok, yea it will be fine to ad detrivores.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne@WayneSallee.com

KurtG wrote on 1/24/2008 12:52 PM:
>
>
>
> Wayne Sallee wrote:
>> Detrivores don't need much food.
>> Can you give us more details on this setup so that we can better answer
>> your question?
>
> 100 gallon tank with probably 130# of rock and 6 in sand bed. It's been
> set up for a year, but I recently washed and sifted all the sand so
> everything is below 1.5 mm right now.
>
> I have 1 blue legged hermit, turbos, 2 conchs, 1 gray angel, naso tang,
> mated pair of tomatoes, 2 BTA's, Sgt major (2 inches), 2 damsels.
>
> The fug is still full of detritous, so there are still plenty of
> nutrients around. However, there has been a lot less slime on the glass.
>
> --Kurt