walla2butterfly
Active Reefer
Well I remembered us talking about DSB, and was reading this. Thought I would share Tami
SAND SYNAPTIDS: I have found, what I believe could be the answer to the problem of obtaining the life needed that will maintain your deep sand beds. All within one single animal. During my excavations into natural deep sand beds, I discovered a species of sand dwelling synaptid (medussa worm) that spends its entire life down deep within the sand, injesting the sand grains and processing the organic matter found. Doing the same "tasks" performed by the multitudes of tiny worm species that are sadly just not available to innoculate a dead sand bed, or to maintain present populations in already functioning beds.
It is my hope to be able to send a number of these synaptids to Dr. Ron Shimek, (Phd, Invertebrate Biology) for him to evaluate their effectiveness as well as the possiblility of propogating them. If they are found to be as effective as I believe they are. I can then supply the local exporter here with this species to get them into the aquarium trade for your purchase and use. ................
I personaly have three of these synaptids in my own reef aquarium's sandbed and have found that they do indeed process a great deal of my sand each and every day and believe that these alone, would cure a great many ills that deep sand beds seem to face and greatly reduce such sandbeds maintenance.
SAND SYNAPTIDS: I have found, what I believe could be the answer to the problem of obtaining the life needed that will maintain your deep sand beds. All within one single animal. During my excavations into natural deep sand beds, I discovered a species of sand dwelling synaptid (medussa worm) that spends its entire life down deep within the sand, injesting the sand grains and processing the organic matter found. Doing the same "tasks" performed by the multitudes of tiny worm species that are sadly just not available to innoculate a dead sand bed, or to maintain present populations in already functioning beds.
It is my hope to be able to send a number of these synaptids to Dr. Ron Shimek, (Phd, Invertebrate Biology) for him to evaluate their effectiveness as well as the possiblility of propogating them. If they are found to be as effective as I believe they are. I can then supply the local exporter here with this species to get them into the aquarium trade for your purchase and use. ................
I personaly have three of these synaptids in my own reef aquarium's sandbed and have found that they do indeed process a great deal of my sand each and every day and believe that these alone, would cure a great many ills that deep sand beds seem to face and greatly reduce such sandbeds maintenance.
