Do you vacuum or stir your sand bed?

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On 9/28/2020 at 9:27 AM, Alisa said:

Great thread, I have a question about Nassarius snails. Can they live in crushed coral..?

I inherited a thriving little 35g AIO reef, full of pods, mushrooms zoas and such, no fish. Full coralline spread on rocks and walls the substrate is a  small aggregate crushed coral and full of sludge despite the happy corals settled into it. No clean up crew... I’m dying to clean it & start laying some sand but don’t want to disturb it and I’d hate to kill a bunch of snails if they can’t handle the coral substrate. Any thoughts on that ? Thanks for your time !

Yes ..they can even live in bare bottom tanks. They may not be able to bury as well in crushed coral but it won't harm then.