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View Poll Results: How do you prevent your sand from 'caking' or solidifying? | |
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12-20-2007, 05:00 PM
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#11 (permalink)
| | Plankton
Join Date: Sep 2006
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Originally Posted by lunatik_69  Hey Camilsky, I can appreciate a smart person, but I didnt understand a damn thing that you said!  | As I understand it,there are two ways that clump the sand.One is that the bacteria process can 'glue' the sand together,or two an imbalance of chemicals.ie low Mg and overshooting Ca.
The way to tell the difference between the two is to take a clump and put it in clorox.If it dissolves back into sand,the cause is the bacteria. | 
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12-20-2007, 05:09 PM
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#12 (permalink)
| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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Great info 3D Reef. Karma to ya! | |
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12-20-2007, 05:38 PM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Orlando,Fl.
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how abou a jawfish or a diamond goby(got one today hopefully he doesnt jump out like the other 2)lol  | |
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12-20-2007, 06:25 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami Age: 39
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I think the best way to prevent solidified sand is to siphon the sand bed. This way, your killing two birds with one stone. You stop the solidification and do a water change. _________ 9YR OLD 90G 30G w/d Mag18 150G skimmer 692w MH,yel&kole tang,foxface,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Goniopora(2), Acropora(2),Brain, Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, R&G open brain, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, enias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew  | |
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12-21-2007, 01:30 AM
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#15 (permalink)
| | Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Groningen, The Netherlands Age: 25
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Originally Posted by lunatik_69 Hey Camilsky, I can appreciate a smart person, but I didnt understand a damn thing that you said! |  Gosh... Hmmm... Sorry! Growing crystals of insoluble Mg/Ca salts capture sand grains and form this fanny solidified patches in the substrate.  _________ 75gal. Rio240 JEWEL aquarium
4x54W T5 (actinic blue+white)
Deltec MC 500 internal skimmer
Eheim 2227 Fitler Wet/Dry
Eheim 2213 Filter (100gph/PhosGuard/DeNitrate)
JEWEL Internal Filter (250gph/EhfiSubstrat Pro 2gal)
2 lovely Amphiprion ocelaris
1 young Gobiodon okinawae
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12-21-2007, 04:57 AM
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#16 (permalink)
| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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Hey now, that I understand! I hope you know that we're just joking with you Camilsky!! | |
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12-21-2007, 05:17 AM
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#17 (permalink)
| | Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Groningen, The Netherlands Age: 25
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Originally Posted by amcarrig Hey now, that I understand! I hope you know that we're just joking with you Camilsky!! | Heh... :mad: | |
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12-21-2007, 07:58 AM
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#18 (permalink)
| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 43
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In simplest form, the solidifying of substrate is caused by the supersaturation of precipated calcium. Basically like a hermatypic coral uses calcium and strontium to form its calcareous skeleton, too much calcium in your water column will cause sand, and even powerheads and such to freeze/harden up.
Constant testing of your calcium and strontium level will help as well as a nice population of hermatypic corals and sessile inverts like Tridacna clams and even coralline algae will deplet levels of calcium from becomming elevated to detrimental readings, which also wrecks havoc on other parameters such as alkalinity, magnesium and pH! _________ 125gal.w/Mag9.5 return(dual megaflow)>Mag7 pump Aqua Cev180skimmer.Wave2k Hamilton Reefstar(2)250watthqi(mh)pend.a Yellow, Naso Tang Red Lip Blenny Percula Clown Demoiselles Niger Trigger F. Wrasses Ceriantharia Orn.Shrimp and Stars Hermits Queen Conch asst. snails> Stars Zoos shrooms Montipora Brains Gorgonians Favia Turbinaria(large+small polyp) Acropora Xenia Tridacna (CroceaMaximaSquamosa) Leathers <35+75gal.reef tank as well> 
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12-21-2007, 05:54 PM
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#19 (permalink)
| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 20
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Hmm, I have actually never had this problem :X _________ Tank Specs:
55 Gallon Mixed Reef
48" Tek Light: 4-54W T5 HO Fluorescents
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1x 54W Blue Plus T5 HO Fluorescent, 1x54w Super Actinic Blue 03 T5 HO Flourescent
1x 54W 12000K Aquablue Special T5 HO Fluorescent, 1x 54w 10000k AquaSun T5 HO Fluorescent
100 lbs Fiji Live Rock
65 lbs Live sand
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