what is that large substrate ARC uses

[Gary Majchrzak]

are they some kind of calcium reactor pellets?

(It's been awhile since I've been there. Last time I was there I noticed some large substrate. Things might be different now!)

 

[Capt_Cully]

Gary, I believe it's large Calcium reactor media.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

Gary, I believe it's large Calcium reactor media.

does ABC use a large reactor media substrate?

 

[teamdulski]

gary, i believe it's large calcium reactor media.

+1

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

any chance someone knows the exact brand?

 

[5380]

Sure someone will chime in but just guessing that it is the 50lb carib sea stuff. I like to guess and gamble.

 

[Capt_Cully]

does ABC use a large reactor media substrate?

Yes, they have it in their look down and 180 display I believe. The idea did come from seeing ARC's tanks. Not sure of brand. I have an inquiry out.

 

[ryan_]

I was just in ARC about an hour ago. Their acan selection is sick!

 

[StashuDave]

It's the Carib-Sea regular calcium reactor media, the branchy lookin stuff.
Dave

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

thanks, Dave. I'm running Carib-Sea's ARM. Must be different stuff.....

 

[Capt_Cully]

Gary, are you asking for a reactor? or for substrate? If the former, I use Gen-X's large reactor media. Really nice stuff!

http://www.aquacave.com/gen-x-calcium-reactorbr-media-9-lbs-1936.html

(I've gotten it much cheaper, but it was the first link that googled up)

 

[Johnny C]

Caribsea Media = ARM. There are different media grades, the one that I use is the ''extra coarse''. Not exactly economical, but it works well! HTH

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

Caribsea Media = ARM. There are different media grades, the one that I use is the ''extra coarse''. Not exactly economical, but it works well! HTH

so this is exactly what's in the bottom of ARC's displays?

thanks for the link and suggestion, Mark.

 

[ryan_]

I know that there are a lot of things in this hobby/addiction, that can be done several different ways. Many things that were once golden rule but have since been changed by technology, but I have always read and heard that anything larger than crushed coral for substrate is basically a nitrate factory. Is this still the case and would this product be exactly that?

I have always gone with the regular out of the box live sand. I wouldn't mind a larger, more coarse substrate in a larger tank, mainly because of fish who like to kick up sand.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

I didn't mean for this thread to turn into a discussion on substrates. All I wanted to know is what type ARC (and ABC) are running.

IMO "out of the box livesand" is a ripoff and coarser substrates are usually avoided in display aquariums.

That being said, even TRS has a display featuring coarse substrate. No large fishes in it, either.

 

[StashuDave]

Yes Gary, ARC is using tha ARM media.... I just couldn't think of the exact name.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

thanks!