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12/12/2010, 04:09 PM
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fowlr substrate ?
Im in the process of setting up a 55g FOWL with 2 k2 and a marine land c360 and was wondering if the carib sea aragonite sugar sized sand be ok to use?
My other ? is can i do half aragonite and half live sand? |
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12/12/2010, 05:26 PM
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Any aragonite sand will work. Sugar fine can be messy if you plan on having a lot of flow.
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12/12/2010, 05:39 PM
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Take the advice of seapug and ensure the size of the sand is considered. I'd say go with a SSB though as I'm not much of a fan of DSBs.
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12/12/2010, 06:38 PM
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There's no need to pay extra money for any of the common live sand products. They aren't live in any useful sense. Any fine-grained aragonite or silica sand is fine, although silica sand is more prone to scratching glass tanks. I agree that high flow can make the smallest grain sizes messy.
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12/12/2010, 07:09 PM
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Take bertonis advice. Rather than getting 'live sand'....Go buy some aragonite sand and find some real 'live sand' from a local reefer. This scoop/bag of sand will be more beneficial than the sand sold as 'live' and will help seed the sand with the beneficial bacteria needed.
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