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09/28/2014, 08:18 AM
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Location: Central Florida
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Sand recommendation
Starting a new tank. There are so many different sands to choose from. Which would you recommend and why? This will be a 150 gal mixed reef.
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09/28/2014, 08:08 PM
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Location: Greensburg, PA
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That depends. What party of FL are you from? FREE is the best kind (lol) , preferably aragonite, which I believe you can get towards the south... It's white and made of crushed corals, so it will regulate your pH and help boost your Ca levels. I just went through the same thing TODAY- I ended up buying oolitic aragonite from Petsmart for $22 for 30 lbs. Best deal I could find... Like I said, free is best!
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09/28/2014, 08:26 PM
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Definitely nothing to fine, that stuff blows all over the place and if you are one that vacuumes your substrate then you'll end up sucking the stuff out.
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09/28/2014, 08:30 PM
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I always use a medium grade argonite
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I prefer my substrates stirred but not shaken Current Tank Info: 150gal long mixed reef, 90gal sump, 60 gal refugium with 200 lbs live rock |
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09/28/2014, 09:05 PM
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I am starting a tank up, I was looking at live sand (a lot finer than aragonite) if I get the aragonite will the live rocks seed it?
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09/28/2014, 10:36 PM
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I prefer my substrates stirred but not shaken Current Tank Info: 150gal long mixed reef, 90gal sump, 60 gal refugium with 200 lbs live rock |
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09/28/2014, 10:48 PM
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Thanks aragonite it is for me then
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09/29/2014, 02:15 AM
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Fiji pink. Best looking live sand.
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09/29/2014, 07:49 AM
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I've used aragonite Oolite before and found it was good sand but a bit too fine, it was sometimes blown all over. I'm looking at this stuff but not sure about it. I don't know what "graded" means. Anybody use this?
http://www.amazon.com/Carib-Sea-ACS0...words=acs00050 |
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09/29/2014, 08:36 PM
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