cmor1701d
Aquarium Advice Addict
LS refers to sand that has had teh time to be coated with bacteria, thus making it LIVE. LS can also refer to LS with detrivores (copepods and amphopods, etc.) which are the critters that live in the sand bed. You can achieve this by starting with dry playsand from the garden section at Home Depot. If your tank it already set up then you want to cure it (coat it with bacteria) outside of the tank. Check the Articles section for how to do that (same as for LR).
Adding LR will add some detrivores to the sand bed or you could purchase one or more detrivore kits and add those. The best is to get a cupfull to a couple of pounds of LS from a local reefer and add that to your cured LS bed.
Adding LR will add some detrivores to the sand bed or you could purchase one or more detrivore kits and add those. The best is to get a cupfull to a couple of pounds of LS from a local reefer and add that to your cured LS bed.