Live sand in canada? - Aquarium Advice

philly · 02-21-2006, 08:45 PM

guys, i have another question. How effective is reef sand at making an ecosystem in your tank? Whats your favorite kind? does it come with alot of pods that will allow me to keep a mandarin goby? What site has good live sand and ships to canada? Can i add it onto my curent sandbed (crushed coral)?

thanks

TCTFish · 02-28-2006, 11:13 AM

Live sand is basically aragonite impregnated with nitrafying bacteria. Pods are seeded into the system from LR, not substrate. To help pod populations in a system, run a refugium.

To get a good sandbed going, add at least a couple of inches of aragonite, then top it off with live sand. OK to put on top of existing crushed coral.

Reef sand such as aragonite is softer and dissolves at a higher pH value than crushed coral (8.0 vs 7.

. Aragonite makes a better natural buffer.

DaLoach · 02-28-2006, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by philly

a mandarin goby?

mandarin dragonet - Synchiropus sp.

adding crushed aragonite to a tank w/ live rock will provide the same benefits after a few weeks

DaLoach · 02-28-2006, 03:31 PM

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02-21-2006, 08:45 PM	#1
philly Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: quebec canada Posts: 251	Live sand in canada? guys, i have another question. How effective is reef sand at making an ecosystem in your tank? Whats your favorite kind? does it come with alot of pods that will allow me to keep a mandarin goby? What site has good live sand and ships to canada? Can i add it onto my curent sandbed (crushed coral)? thanks __________________ thx philly

02-28-2006, 11:13 AM	#2
TCTFish Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Southern California, USA Posts: 1,470 Images: 20	Live sand is basically aragonite impregnated with nitrafying bacteria. Pods are seeded into the system from LR, not substrate. To help pod populations in a system, run a refugium. To get a good sandbed going, add at least a couple of inches of aragonite, then top it off with live sand. OK to put on top of existing crushed coral. Reef sand such as aragonite is softer and dissolves at a higher pH value than crushed coral (8.0 vs 7.. Aragonite makes a better natural buffer. __________________ http://www.tricitytropicals.com ------------------------------------ We, as a people, know so much more about outer space than we do about our own oceans. This lack of knowledge can very well spell the dangers that lay in wait for us. The oceans surely would swallow us before a rock comes down to smite the planet of it's life. Nov/2004

02-28-2006, 03:31 PM	#4
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