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TNTCanada
03-14-2004, 03:50 AM
I was sitting here thinking what to do with all my coral substrate after I switch it with sand.

Has any one ever tryed bagging it up in mesh bags and use it like base rock under LR? I just thought maybe it could be tightly bound up in fine mesh sacks and piled up and then put my LR on top so you can't see the sacking. It would give all my pods and critters places to breed.

Could you maybe make some molds mix a bit of resin with it and have some realy poreous rock formations?

Any thought would be cool.

Thanks in advance
StirCrazy
03-14-2004, 04:04 AM
how big is it?
Aquattro
03-14-2004, 04:08 AM
Tyler, awesome idea. Put it in mesh onion bags and bury it under your rock. Grat pod piles
TNTCanada
03-14-2004, 04:08 AM
Say 1 pound sacks, soft ball size.
StirCrazy
03-14-2004, 04:11 AM
no how big are the individual chunks

Steve
TNTCanada
03-14-2004, 04:18 AM
It's the course crushed coral substrate that you buy at a LFS

Here's a pic that you can see the size of the sustrate that I want to bag up.

http://img26.photobucket.com/albums/v79/TNTCanada/Aquariume/2004_037.jpg
StirCrazy
03-14-2004, 04:27 AM
if you have a ton of it I will trade you some sand for it

Steve
Aquattro
03-14-2004, 04:28 AM
If you have a tonne of it, it will break your tank!! :razz: hehe
TNTCanada
03-14-2004, 04:36 AM
Not sure how much in weight, it sits 2" to 3" in my tank. The base of my tank is 48" by 24" maybe 80lbs or so?
StirCrazy
03-14-2004, 04:40 AM
hmmm..... maybe.

Steve
TNTCanada
03-14-2004, 04:43 AM
I wont be doing the switch most likely until the end of April when we move
StirCrazy
03-14-2004, 04:45 AM
I wont be doing the switch most likely until the end of April when we move

let me know, I will either buy some off ya or trade you for some of my left ovewr sand.

Steve
TNTCanada
03-14-2004, 04:48 AM
I'll drop you a line when I do the switch, are you looking at making some rock (Aragocrete)?
StirCrazy
03-14-2004, 04:52 AM
I'll drop you a line when I do the switch, are you looking at making some rock (Aragocrete)?

yup

Steve
TNTCanada
03-14-2004, 05:03 AM
I was thinking of making some too, started looking into making some haven't finished the research. Have you made it before?
StirCrazy
03-14-2004, 05:13 AM
I was thinking of making some too, started looking into making some haven't finished the research. Have you made it before?

nope

Steve