Heavy Feeding, Vacuuming, and Sand Beds

I thought this article was interesting as it dealt with feeding and deep sand beds (two things that are being discussed on the message board).

It is by Eric Borneman, Bob Mankin and Ron Shimek.

http://www.reefs.org/library/article/borneman_mankin_shimek. html

 

 

Thanks for pointing out that article, Jake.

Two of those were our guest speakers last year, Eric Borneman and Ron Shimek. Their similar comments to us then is part of the reason I began a discovery of my own to see what effect ample feeding had on my tank.

I found that lots of fine particle food swirling around the tank a couple times daily caused unusually rapid growth of every invert you can think of. Coral, clam, worm, crab, grammeras, copepod, sponge, etc. Rather than a filtration problem, it became a growth problem, if you want to call it that .