DETRIVORE KITS ? FOR DSB'S

[starr]

NEWBIE Q'S I DID A SEARCH FOR THE PROPER WAY TO BUILD A DSB. I AM UPGRADEING FROM A 20G 28#LR 3"DSB REAL FINE SAND. AND IT JUST DON'T HAVE GOOD STUFF IT USE TO AFTER I RIPPED IT DOWN TO MOVE IT ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO. BUT ANYWAY I GOT MY NEW 55 SETUP WITH A SUMP PLUMBED AND RUNNIG AND 50# OF ARAGONITE NOT THE DUST BUT NEXT SIZE UP AND SEEDED IT WITH SAND FROM MY 20 AND HALF THE ROCK (THE STUFF W/O THE CORALS ON IT) NOW I WOULD LIKE TO PUT 50 MORE POUNDS OF DUST LIKE SAND ON TOP (I SEEM TO LIKE IT BETTER) SO I'VE BEEN ADDING A SMALL LAYER AT A TIME ON HALF THE TANK EA. WEEK. AM I DOING ANY OF THIS RIGHT ? AND WHERE DO I GET ONE OF THESE DETRIVORE KITS FROM ? TO BOOST BOTH TANKS WITH. WOULD THAT BE LIKE THE GARF GRUNGE STUFF ?
THANKS STARR.

 

[spongeboob]

:? I recently saw some detrivore kits at Inland Aquatics. The address is www.inlandaquatics.com. I've never ordered there so do not have any opinions about them.

 

[Entacmaea]

inlandaquatics has great kits, as does ipsf.com. Try etropicals.com for janitors or larger detrivores (built-for-you special)

Good luck!

 

[wombat1]

Ditto on ipsf.com. I got their 9 for $99 special and everything is thriving.

 

[old ron]

OHNO not Garf grunge! 8O Starr, try an email to
[email protected] tell him what you want he will meet your needs much cheaper than IPSF or INLAND

 

[Anonymous]

Sand beds can usually be seeded sufficiently just from the live rock, but the detritivore kits are good too. I've used the inland one. You can get stuff probably better than GARF grunge from anywhwhere that cures live rock.

Actually, the sand bed in my newly set up tank was looking pretty stark (just southdown) so I ordered 5 lbs live sand, 5 lbs "crude" (junk from bottom of LR tanks), and 5 lbs LR rubble from Premium Aquatics. $1.50 a lb, the sand $2.00 a lb. Should get it today. They have a nice selection of snails too.

Greg Hiller has detritivores?

 

[psionicdragon]

Aren't they bad for Clams?

I am looking at a kit too and thinkinga bout it, but I remember reading about bristleworms killing clams (clams as in Maximas etc)

 

[Mac1]

Bristle Worms do not kill clams... what most people see gets misinterpreted...

Bristle worms go after any dead or dying material... When clam's die, it takes a day or two for their mantle to completely deflate and fall into itself (the animal may look perfectly healthy for a couple days, but is in fact dead)... Then, the pile of bristle worms is found all over the clam one morning, tissue is deflated, etc.. it 'looks' dead. Ergo, since the bristle worms are all over my clam, and it didn't look dead yesterday, the worms must have killed and eaten my clam. I better run and post this on every board I can find...



Inland has a great detritovore kit, you can get some really unusual items from them. I would recommend every kind of 'bug' you can get your hands on. The peppermint snails are also kind of neat, and Stomatella are ound-for-pound the best damned algae cleaner I've ever found.

- Mac

 

[psionicdragon]

Thanks Mac. That really helped. So I guess I am going to buy a kit for myself =)

David

 

[starr]

thanks for the info one thing that i do have are stomatella i have about 50 of them they came with the rocks


starr

 

[Man-grove]

Sand beds can usually be seeded sufficiently just from the live rock, but the detritivore kits are good too. I've used the inland one. You can get stuff probably better than GARF grunge from anywhwhere that cures live rock.

Actually, the sand bed in my newly set up tank was looking pretty stark (just southdown) so I ordered 5 lbs live sand, 5 lbs "crude" (junk from bottom of LR tanks), and 5 lbs LR rubble from Premium Aquatics. $1.50 a lb, the sand $2.00 a lb. Should get it today. They have a nice selection of snails too.

Greg Hiller has detritivores?

Let us know about what arrives....might have to get some "crude"
Whos Greg Hiller? Website?

 

[SPC]

http://www.angelfire.com/ma3/ghcorals/
Steve