Crazy fish man
Aquarium Advice Regular
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I would go with aragonite
Crazy fish man said:Sorry I meant aragonite sand
crister13 said:In a 16 gallon, I would put wound 15-20 lbs. I have 150 lbs in my 150 and a 4" sandbed. And I'm using sugar sized sand.
Nu-Nu the eel said:No crushed coral sucks IMO, get some fine sand. I have 80 lb of argonite sand in my 66 and i have a 4" sand bed.
Nu-Nu the eel said:No crushed coral sucks IMO, get some fine sand. I have 80 lb of argonite sand in my 66 and i have a 4" sand bed.
crister13 said:I would recommend sugar sized sand. It's called oolite sand. Works great. Very fine and looks awesome.
crister13 said:You shouldn't lower salinity. It's wrong . Ocean water is at 1.026 average and that's what most people keep theirs at with no ill effects.
carey said:I personally have used several different types of substrate in all my tanks and I favpor regualr old aragonite sand from the lfs. Not the live sand unless you especially like the color as in my opinion the live sand is not any better than regular sand.