Ditrus Eating Invert In A BB Tank

[Travis Savant]

So I was wondering if there was some type of ditrus eating snail or other invert that dosn't require sand and would do well in a 20g BB SPS tank.

 

[NicoleRM]

Ceriths? I'm pretty sure they eat detritus.

 

[fishdoc11]

Ceriths

 

[Travis Savant]

Ok, thanks guys.

 

[donfishy76]

what about a serpant sea star, or brittle sea star?

 

[trueperc]

Ceriths never live long in my tank, all other snails do. Right now I just keeps a heathly stock off blue hermits

 

[mr pink floyd]

im gonna have to get lots of ceriths, more bluelegs, and more snails that sift the sand bed, another sea star, all to clean my new sand thast goin in today, tag along, the thread is up top

 

[phenom5]

So I was wondering if there was some type of ditrus eating snail or other invert that dosn't require sand and would do well in a 20g BB SPS tank.

better solution...more flow at the bottom of the tank so the detritus can't build up, and gets removed by wet skimming.

 

[Travis Savant]

Well, I can add more flow to the bottom, but I would have to use a PH and I am out of plugs lol. I realy don't want to put a PH in there because I hate the look of them in tanks.

A Sea Star would be cool, but do they eat clams, and wouldn't it get too large for a 20H?

 

[TheSTONEisDead]

A sea star would work, they wouldn't eat clams or anything. Size wouldn't matter either, I've seen plenty of them in nano's.

I think more flow would be your best bet. A powerhead would be much cheaper in the long run and would probably have better results.

 

[donfishy76]

yes come to think of it, a sea star may accidently knock over some things while moving around in the tank

 

[Dubbin1]

Ceriths are good but they are also burrow in the sand.

 

[Travis Savant]

Thanks for the input guys. I am going to try the Ceriths and see if that helps.

 

[doody]

What do you use for flow now? You can eliminate all powerheads by doing a closed loop system with an external pump.

 

[doody]

Don't forget that ceriths poop too. And the more they eat the more they poop. Flow is really your only option besides just sucking the crap out all the time.

 

[Travis Savant]

Doody, I have a Mag 5 on the Return from the Sump and a Mag 9.5 on a closed loop. I am considering taking the snails out compleatly and going manual with algae removal, I realy don't have algae as it is. The reason for this is because I started out with 30 lbs of base rock and 3 lbs of cooked LR and turned the base into LR.

Here's a picture of the tank.

 

[doody]

Thats a good turn over rate? I don't even know how you're getting detrius in the on the bottom of the tank. You might just need to aim your outputs a little different.

 

[Travis Savant]

It's mainly in the back right corner where there is less flow, but it's still very visible and it drives me crazy lol.

 

[doody]

How do you have the outputs aimed?

 

[Travis Savant]

I have the 4 for the CLS pointed at each other so that they flow is randomly distributed to the SPS, any other way and it would be to much flow for one of the SPS, and I can't afford, litteraly, to have another one RTN on me because of excessive flow.