Conclusion:The installation of a live sand bed is easy, straight-forward, and inexpensive relative toalmost all other aquarium purchases. Once established, such a bed will contribute muchto the success of a reef tank by providing a biological filter with sufficient capacity to formost tanks. Additionally it will provide food for many of the suspension feeding animalssuch as small polyped stony corals. And, it will do this all with a minimum of care andexpense.