crushed coral to sand ?

[TheDouda]

Hi my pump crashed on my tank about a week ago so i moved all my critters to my buddies tank till my pumps comes in the mail i was thinking about switching to sand now that there is no critters to worry about has anyone used CaribSea Super Naturals Aquarium sand ?

 

[username in use]

Just use dry sand. Rinse it really well then add it in. If there is water in the tank you can use a pvc pipe to pour it down to the bottom with.

 

[carrots]

Good time to consider going bare bottom. Makes it easier to keep clean

 

[Martini5788]

You might go through a mini cycle replacing all of the substrate, so make the change and then test the system before adding the critters back in.

 

[MMacro]

Good time to consider going bare bottom. Makes it easier to keep clean

Honestly, bare bottoms will look dirtier over time from the accumulation of algae and detrius. A tank with a decently deep sand bed and an adequate CuC will look/be cleaner than some bare bottoms without said sand dwelling CuC members.
IMO

 

[CStrickland]

Hi my pump crashed on my tank about a week ago so i moved all my critters to my buddies tank till my pumps comes in the mail i was thinking about switching to sand now that there is no critters to worry about has anyone used CaribSea Super Naturals Aquarium sand ?

Is the supernaturals the really fine stuff?
If so that can be tricky to keep in place with the flow that a reef tank uses. I think I used caribsea special grade aragonite, it's just regular, dry, sand. The middle grade sands are a good balance between large stuff like crushed coral that lets poop fall down between and rot, and the really fine stuff that blows around.

 

[RedRubyDragon]

+1 to special grade seafloor, not too large, not too small

I used the sugar sand once, it was nice, but really becomes a stinky mess over time compared to larger stuff. Crushed coral seems to big imo so it allows a lot of larger particles down deep..

 

[greencrack1166]

Anybody know whether or not I can use travertine for a subfloor in my tank instead of sand or egg crate?

 

[philly_rfa]

Just use dry sand. Rinse it really well then add it in. If there is water in the tank you can use a pvc pipe to pour it down to the bottom with.

Great idea. so simple... +1 to bag of tricks... :dance:

 

[TheDouda]

Ok thanks guys going to get a larger grain today and add it then let it sit for a week or so then add my critters good idea with the pvc too bought a funnel and grabbed a piece of pipe from work lol