Recomend Substrate. - Aquarium Advice

RubixCube · 11-25-2005, 12:51 PM

Which of these are the better substrate to use in a tank. I have been using [acronym:895ba896aa="Crushed Coral (if substrate) or Counter Current (if referring to a Protien skimmer) or cubic centimeter (if referring to a measure of volume)."]CC[/acronym:895ba896aa] for a few years, i have had no problem, and now im going to start another tank (77gal). Anyone have any recomendations?

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i have crabs · 11-25-2005, 02:08 PM

i seem to be only able to find the sugar sized or the argamax select and the select is much better i think, with the sugar sized stuff half the bag washes away when you rinse it out and then it still clouds the tank for a long time,but the select has a little bigger grains so thier is very little dust,

**melosu58** · 11-25-2005, 03:46 PM

That`s what I use and works good for the sifters also.

IndyReefMan · 11-25-2005, 05:38 PM

I'd go with something in the 1.0-1.5mm grain size. The smaller Oolitic is supposed to be better for denitrification in a shallower bed but it gets blown around by the power heads too easily.

11-25-2005, 12:51 PM	#1
RubixCube Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 175 Images: 8	Recomend Substrate. Which of these are the better substrate to use in a tank. I have been using [acronym:895ba896aa="Crushed Coral (if substrate) or Counter Current (if referring to a Protien skimmer) or cubic centimeter (if referring to a measure of volume)."]CC[/acronym:895ba896aa] for a few years, i have had no problem, and now im going to start another tank (77gal). Anyone have any recomendations? http://www.marinedepot.com/aquarium_...ea.asp?CartId=

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11-25-2005, 02:08 PM	#2
i have crabs Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: chestermere canada eh Posts: 429 Images: 11	i seem to be only able to find the sugar sized or the argamax select and the select is much better i think, with the sugar sized stuff half the bag washes away when you rinse it out and then it still clouds the tank for a long time,but the select has a little bigger grains so thier is very little dust,

11-25-2005, 05:38 PM	#4
IndyReefMan Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 187 Images: 10	I'd go with something in the 1.0-1.5mm grain size. The smaller Oolitic is supposed to be better for denitrification in a shallower bed but it gets blown around by the power heads too easily.