Detritus Eater

malx

malx

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Hi, All.

Anyone have a good recommendation for a Detritus/Algae Eater for my sump? I have a refug with just marine pure balls in it. I want to grow pods, phyto, and live brine shrimp in it to help develop a full microfauna population for my future Mandarin Goby. The refug is not used to grow Algae to lower nutrients, I run ZeoVit for that.

I have snails in my main display, two Nerite and a Nassarius. I want t keep hermits out of my main display in fear they will eat the snails. I want something large enough that can't fit through the slits on my baffles but small enough to move around and eat as much as it can.

Let me know,
Joey
 
I let the gunk settle out in my sump and then siphon it out during water changes. Everything poops, and nothing truly eats it. Without some sort of manual removal it will just build up into a layer of muck
 
I used to get quite a bit of detritus buildup in the sump of my old tank..
I put as many bristle worms as I could down there and they went to town on it..
It was an 1/8 to 1/4" thick blanket that they took down to virtually nothing in a few weeks..
 
Same thing for me, I hate bristle worms, totally allergy to them so on an evening I pincer them out of the main display and pop them in the sump to eat any detritus. That last a good while then I Hoover the lot out .
 
mcgyvr said:
I used to get quite a bit of detritus buildup in the sump of my old tank..
I put as many bristle worms as I could down there and they went to town on it..
It was an 1/8 to 1/4" thick blanket that they took down to virtually nothing in a few weeks..
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Do the worms ever make it into your main display? I may consider adding 2 of them, don't want to go crazy.
 
malx said:
Do the worms ever make it into your main display? I may consider adding 2 of them, don't want to go crazy.
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Its possible... That spinning blade of death called your return pump isn't gonna be fun for them though..

And who cares?
Nothing wrong with bristleworms.. They are beneficial to any system and will for the most part remain out of sight in a tank.. And its fun when you do spot them..
I want a tank thats as diversified as possible..

I get more enjoyment about finding "life" in my tank that I didn't put there vs stuff I actually did..
 
mcgyvr said:
Its possible... That spinning blade of death called your return pump isn't gonna be fun for them though..

And who cares?
Nothing wrong with bristleworms.. They are beneficial to any system and will for the most part remain out of sight in a tank.. And its fun when you do spot them..
I want a tank thats as diversified as possible..

I get more enjoyment about finding "life" in my tank that I didn't put there vs stuff I actually did..
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I personally do not enjoy any life in my tank that I did not put there. I'm currently giving one of my Nerite snails the silent treatment for laying 50+ eggs on the back wall of my tank. I can't scrape them off because my GF will be upset with me for killing all of "Roxy's Babies."
 
well... can't help you there..
we are from 2 different worlds.. I'm with the GF on this one..
 
Cerith snails and bubble bee snails both love detritus and won't be an issue with spreading.

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I've yet to see any of the creatures mentioned above make a pile of detritus in a BB tank disappear. Siphoning it out on a regular basis is definitely your best bet.
 
Thanks for the tip. So sat so good on no algae or editable particles in my Refug. Will only add detritus eaters if I have to.


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