willbratz
Aquarium Advice FINatic
Anyone running a tank with no substrate?
I'm running a reef tank (or trying) and I keep getting algae in my crushed coral. I'm thinking about pulling it all out and leaving it bare.
Yeah I think I'm gonna pull it this weekend. It'll take a few weeks to get two new bulbs @ 41.00 a piece. Then I'll work on the sand. Gotta figure out what it's gonna cost me to buy the sand gotta figure out how much a bag covers.Been awhile will. Sorry to hear about your crushed coral bottom. Tbh, I'd remove it and slowly add a sandy bottom to it. For reef tanks, you'll see sps dominated tanks with bare bottoms. They won't really see the junk gathering on the bottom like listed above because of the high flow needed for sps coral. The strong flow will keep all the poop in the water column until it can be filtered out by whatever means you have on the system.
I bought this sand and have no complaints. Pricing seems fair and haven't found anything comparable yet. http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=121045968748 I have a 40breeder and 30lbs got me about 2". I would go with 40lbs. I plant to buy more.