Sugarfine

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any one had experience with either one of these two substrates?

http://www.marinedepot.com/md_viewItem.asp?idproduct=CS0930

http://www.marinedepot.com/md_viewItem.asp?idproduct=CS0932

Will either of these blow all over the tank if disturbed to much?
I only plan to have 2-3" in the tank, right now i have pretty coarse crushed coral. I dont like the look.

Also, if i put enough cleanup crew in will i have to siphon the bed??

 

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awwwwwww

 

[jurnaza]

I have a 125 with about 2"'s of sugar sand. I like the look, but I do have to be careful how I aim my flow. Otherwise I end up getting sand drifts in the tank.

I would not put this in an SPS tank with high flow needs.

 

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aight,
thanks

does it stay clean with snails and stuff

 

[MCary]

The size of the grain is one of the most important things for deep sand beds. For that reason the sugar sand is the best. I've used it and it clouds the tank terrible for the first month at least. I had a yellow watchman goby who would wake up in the morning and begin sifting sand. By noon the tank was cloudy. But it goes away. The extremely fine particles are skimmed out eventually and the sand compacts. Sometime a crust forms over the top. Especially if drip kalk. Alot of flow will continue to drift it like jurnaza said.

Mike