Dvoros
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
I have spent a while trying to search and read what everyone has been posting but I am left with questions that i could not really find the answer to. So if these have been asked before and i missed em sorry
I currently have a large layer of crushed coral on the bottom of my tank. I want to switch it over to a sand bed for NNR. From what i have been reading there are two thoughts...
1) a deep sand bed with fine sugar size sand, from 4 to 8 inches deep. Do or should i use a plenum with this option?
2) A 4 inch layer of a bit larger grain "reef sand" with a plenum underneath.
Option 2 is what my LFS says to do, and option 1 is what I have been reading here. Any thoughts on the two ways to go? I like the fine sand look as my preference.
If I do go with the fine sand is it possible to add it to my tank that has been running for about 8 years, half at a time so i can leave my LR and fish in the tank will i do this?
Also what kind and how many critters do i get to inhabit the sand bed?
All of this change is for looks and to get NNR going, I currently have CC and want a change. Sorry bout all these questions but if anyonw can help that would be awsome.
Dave
I currently have a large layer of crushed coral on the bottom of my tank. I want to switch it over to a sand bed for NNR. From what i have been reading there are two thoughts...
1) a deep sand bed with fine sugar size sand, from 4 to 8 inches deep. Do or should i use a plenum with this option?
2) A 4 inch layer of a bit larger grain "reef sand" with a plenum underneath.
Option 2 is what my LFS says to do, and option 1 is what I have been reading here. Any thoughts on the two ways to go? I like the fine sand look as my preference.
If I do go with the fine sand is it possible to add it to my tank that has been running for about 8 years, half at a time so i can leave my LR and fish in the tank will i do this?
Also what kind and how many critters do i get to inhabit the sand bed?
All of this change is for looks and to get NNR going, I currently have CC and want a change. Sorry bout all these questions but if anyonw can help that would be awsome.
Dave