Fuge Substrate? / Bristleworms Relocation

[Grimreaperz]

Hey so I have about 4 very happy bristle worms in my DT and personally as creepy as they are I have grown rather attached to them. I recently built a 29g Sump with 10+g Fuge section. I have macro algae and LR. But totally spaced on substrate. I am assuming I could grab any medium grade LS. But was also wondering about mineral mud for Pod production.

Question 1
Can Bristleworms live in mineral mud?

Question 2
How much better is mineral mud say over regular LS?

Question 3
Your personal experience and preferences?

Here is a picture of a couple of the biggest.

Ty in advance.

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[Ron Reefman]

Hey so I have about 4 very happy bristle worms in my DT and personally as creepy as they are I have grown rather attached to them. I recently built a 29g Sump with 10+g Fuge section. I have macro algae and LR. But totally spaced on substrate. I am assuming I could grab any medium grade LS. But was also wondering about mineral mud for Pod production.

Question 1
Can Bristleworms live in mineral mud?

Question 2
How much better is mineral mud say over regular LS?

Question 3
Your personal experience and preferences?

1) They really don't live in the mud or sand but on the underside of rocks. So I'd guess the mud would be OK.

2) IMHO I don't think mud is better than sand.

3) I had a 45g refugium with just Chaeto and a 45g DSB (Deep Sand Bed) for anaerobic bacteria production which process nitrate into nitrogen gas. They both worked well for 6 years until my tank sprang a big leak. I've just set up a new system and now have a 50g display refugium with various macro algae, some soft corals and a shallow sand bed.

This isn't the finished product. It's only been up and running for a few weeks and I'm just starting to gather all the 'stuff' I want in the fuge. The algae and corals in there now are just spaced out so they have room. I want to make sure everybody survives and is healthy before I organize a seascape.



If pod production is your goal, get lots of algae (even Chaeto works good for this) and some extremely porous live rock or a pile of small rubble rock for the pods to hide in.

 

[Grimreaperz]

1) They really don't live in the mud or sand but on the underside of rocks. So I'd guess the mud would be OK.

2) IMHO I don't think mud is better than sand.

3) I had a 45g refugium with just Chaeto and a 45g DSB (Deep Sand Bed) for anaerobic bacteria production which process nitrate into nitrogen gas. They both worked well for 6 years until my tank sprang a big leak. I've just set up a new system and now have a 50g display refugium with various macro algae, some soft corals and a shallow sand bed.

This isn't the finished product. It's only been up and running for a few weeks and I'm just starting to gather all the 'stuff' I want in the fuge. The algae and corals in there now are just spaced out so they have room. I want to make sure everybody survives and is healthy before I organize a seascape.



If pod production is your goal, get lots of algae (even Chaeto works good for this) and some extremely porous live rock or a pile of small rubble rock for the pods to hide in.

Perfect I'll just get sand then.
I got about 7lbs of the aquaculture reefsaver rock/rubble and I have a few uglier rocks from my DT I will be putting in there as well. I have the red macro algae similar to what you have in the picture have about 3/4 ice cream bucketish
So just some sand and I should be good! Thinking of mixing in some chaeto just for some colour. The soft coral is a great idea as well. Need a better light before that though. Thinking of the Par38 Full Spectrum LED bulb for 30 on amazon

Yeah I heard mud was better for pods but they seem to be doing great in my DT. And also that Bristleworms were borrowers...but I do see them mostly under the rocks. Makes sense now. Thanks for that.

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