ChiTownRomeo
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I have a 46 gallon acrylic tank and i have 20 pounds of dry carib sea caribean sand and wanna seed it with some good live sand. what's a good type?
ChiTownRomeo said:I have a 46 gallon acrylic tank and i have 20 pounds of dry carib sea caribean sand and wanna seed it with some good live sand. what's a good type?
JBarlak said:Also I know carib sea sells the 7kg bags of live sand also.
JBarlak said:Just giving options since the bacteria in the sand are anaerobic so the it won't go "stale". Also if there is any issues in lfs tanks you don't know about, you wouldn't want to bring it home.
JBarlak said:Live rock is cheap and give you structure to tank.
kdpuffer said:I used live sand in my tank and it was loaded with critters especially pods and feather dusters. If you buy live sand you need to get the stuff that's bagged with water and check the expiry date if it doesn't have one then it isn't live sand.
How do you figure live rock is cheap at $7-$9 a pound? I bought 60 lbs of live sand for about $1 a pound, my tank was cycled in 2.5 weeks.
TheTodd said:The lava rock I got is very light and very porous. I would even say lighter than the Fiji I used to have in my reef. Not a lot of the holes that go through the rock, but when stacked, there are multiple caves and places to hide and/or swim through. Never have had issues with circulation.
I'm not saying my way is the best for everyone. For a reef tank, I would go with more traditional Fiji, Tonga, etc. I like the "plainness" of the black lava rock for my FOWLR though. To me, a reef is about everything inside the tank. I've always liked my FOWLRs to focus more on the fish.