looking for some white fine grain aragonite sand, but all i can find is live stuff, needless to say i dont wont that. Save my money and seed it myself.
Where might i find this?
dude just use cheap play sand. has anyone ever had a problem they could definatly attribute to this? because ive had 3 tanks and 3 years without any problems
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11004258#post11004258 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by useskaforevil dude just use cheap play sand. has anyone ever had a problem they could definatly attribute to this? because ive had 3 tanks and 3 years without any problems
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11005278#post11005278 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by useskaforevil i've heard that too. because it is silica sand, but ouside of the first cycle i haven't had any problems worth mentioning
Many inverts actually need some silica to thrive.
In this article Randy Holmes-Farley actually recommends dosing silica if diatoms aren't a problem. I have no idea, if the silica in sand would be in a biologically usable form, and you would not really be able to control its release rate....
How big should the sand be though for a 3 inch bed? I think i read that too small and it ruins the whole bed (no flow). So what would be the proper size? 1.5-2mm
Much, much smaller for a DSB. Flow/circulation is accomplished by benthic infauana in a "proper" DSB. I've yet to have a DSB become "solid" or "impacted".
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