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02-24-2004, 09:22 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Woodridge, IL,Illinois
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 |  Adding sand
Hi all When i look at all the full setup reefs I see the the sand is about 2" above the border around 4" in total do I really need that much I have a 20 gal sump/refu with 5.5" DSB, and if it would be good for me to add more sand Which one is the best for allready setup tank. I dont look for any amonia spikes if you know what I mean
What would be the best way to do it
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10 months old 75Gal 20Gal sump/refu 425W MH and 40W actinic, 3 power-heads and one return pump total of 1600Gph Venturi style skimmer rated for 150gal, 100Lb of LR 100lb of LS 1 Yellow tang,1Blue tang, and 1 cleaner warsse
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02-25-2004, 05:46 AM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Woodridge, IL,Illinois
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| Re: Adding sand
1/2 of the 20 gal has sand some LR and lots of calurepa as well as I have some lifgt there now
I notice all kinds of critters there | |
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02-25-2004, 08:19 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Piermont, NY,New_York
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| Re: Adding sand
Hey,
We just added another 20# of live sand to our tank yesterday.
Our start-up live sand (from Tampa Bay Saltwater) had quite large particle sizes, resembling crushed coral rather than any sand we've ever seen.
So, to help lower our nitrates (and to deepen the floor of our little reef for our wonderful pods and stuff), we put in true sand. Adding the sand was easy, and the Carib-Sea product we bought was very clean (ie very little debris), so the tank only clouded for a few hours.
Today, water chemistry is unchanged, and all seems well in the tank. Also, the hermits and cleaner shrimp seem to enjoy the smaller partilce size.
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72 gallon bow, 20 gallon sump/refugium, CSL 4x65 PC w/ moonlights, CPR 600gph overflow w/ compact Durso, Turboflotor 1000 Multi, Via Aqua 3600 pump, multiple powerheads, custom outflow, Wavemaker timer. 160lbs LR, 95lbs live sand, 4 green chromis, 2 ocellaris clowns, algae blenny, shrooms, zooanthids, toadstool leather, finger leather, 2 skunk cleaners, 4 peppermint shrimp, 4 serpent stars, 3 cukes, assorted hermits, snails, and procelain crabs everywhere&&&&12 gallon nano-cube, 25 lbs live sand, 10 lbs live rock, ricordia mushroom, black-capped basslet, assorted hermits and snails
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02-25-2004, 05:28 PM
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#6 (permalink)
| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Woodridge, IL,Illinois
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| Re: Adding sand
dont you think that you can get amonia spike from the Live Sand because some things may be dead in the sand? | |
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02-26-2004, 06:20 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Piermont, NY,New_York
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| Re: Adding sand
Yeah, it's possible.
However, it's going into a tank with 150# LR and 75# of live sand, and another 30# live sand in the refugium. I talked to the LFS about this at length, as I had the same concerns as you did. They said they've never had any problems with this product.
In retrospect, there is some salt water in the bag with the sand. It would be interesting to test it for ammonia, nitrites, and nitrates.
We'll be checking water chemistry daily, so I'll let you know if anything goes askew.
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02-26-2004, 07:03 AM
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#8 (permalink)
| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Woodridge, IL,Illinois
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| Re: Adding sand
cool keep me updated | |
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