So according to one of the articles, were looking at 6-10 inches of sand bed for optimal effect?
6 i could do, 10 is a little much I'd think...
6 inches of sandbed is 500lbs of sand! holy moley. 10 bags though, thats only like $50. this tank is so heavy its almost unbelievable lol. Thank god a steel I-beam runs directly underneith the tank lol.
So just to be clear, i want to review the what I understand:
1) Kolorscape is distributed by Oldcastle. Oldcastle is provided material by Marcona Ocean Industries which gets its sand from the carrib. floor?
2) Acid causes calcium carbonite to break down aka fizzle. Sand that fizzles due to addition of acid can be concluded that it is CC based?
3) As long as the substrate contains CC, it will provide the benifits we seek?
4) While silica based sand will not be detrimental to the aquarium, it will not provide the benifits CC based sand will?
I just want to make sure I get the sandbed right, this is one of those 'no takesies-backsies.'
And on a side note, is there a chance that the kolorscape sand has extra junk in it? Maybe its like 50/50 silica/aragonite? It sorta doesnt make sense they would package oldcastle sand one way, and then the same company would package the exact same product under a different brand name...