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03-15-2008, 11:00 PM
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| | Longfin Fairy Wrasse
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Louisville, GA Age: 44
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it can and should be firmly on the bottom of the tank. many inhabitants will knock over rockwork, so it's got to be stacked on a good foundation. _________ Got Questions? Need Answers?
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03-15-2008, 11:33 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Australia Age: 25
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it prolly wouldnt hurt to put some egg crate under yer live rock structure to stop any posible dmg to the bottem of yer tank but i havent don that in my tank my rock is sitting on the sand bed
i think the deeper your rock goes into the sandbed the more stable your base structure will be
putting some egg crate on the bottem of the tank will protect the bottem glass for sure | |
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03-16-2008, 03:11 AM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Williamsville, NY
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Your LR should go in the tank first so it is resting on something secure. If you place it on the substrate, burrowing fish will cause it to topple. Would suggest you use sand instead of the crushed coral. Crushed coral has large particles which allow detritus to pass through more easily.
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03-16-2008, 03:26 AM
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| | Whip-Lash Squid
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Originally Posted by glampka  Your LR should go in the tank first so it is resting on something secure. If you place it on the substrate, burrowing fish will cause it to topple. Would suggest you use sand instead of the crushed coral. Crushed coral has large particles which allow detritus to pass through more easily. | +2 on that one! _________ Scott 265g (Peninsula)
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03-16-2008, 05:24 AM
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| | Ritteri Anemone
Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: South Florida
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Originally Posted by glampka Would suggest you use sand instead of the crushed coral. Crushed coral has large particles which allow detritus to pass through more easily. |
Well put.
Getting rid of CC and changing to sand was one of my final steps in the battle against hair algae. I won!!
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03-16-2008, 08:55 AM
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| | Fire Worm
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That is funny when I was at the LFS I told them I planned on using sand and they said it was a bad idea. They said when I clean the sand it would be sucked up into the gravel rock cleaner. I am glad you have told me this and I am sticking with my original idea SAND.
On a side note how do you clean the sand without losing any? | |
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03-16-2008, 09:25 AM
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| | Great Blue Whale
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: ohio Age: 32
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Live sand here!!!!!!!!
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03-16-2008, 09:49 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
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I don't know many people who clean their sand. We just buy sand sifting critters to keep it clean for us  | |
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03-16-2008, 10:02 AM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Henderson, NV
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Originally Posted by amcarrig I don't know many people who clean their sand. We just buy sand sifting critters to keep it clean for us | I thought that was what you would say. Which critters do you recomend? | |
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Can live rock touch the tank floor? 
. Can I place the rock directly on the floor of the tank and then add the crushed corral or does the rock have to be stilted off of the tank floor? If it does have to be stilted I am going to use acrylic rods.
