substrate question

[eli@fijireefrock.com]

Just interested on what type and size of substrate is everyone using?

For my tank i have always used caribsea mix of 0.3 up to 1 with a water flow of 8000glns/hr

[daniella3d]

Very fine livesand.

If I could go back in time, I would maybe use black sand instead. White sand is hard to keep clean looking.

Originally Posted by elias

Just interested on what type and size of substrate is everyone using?

For my tank i have always used caribsea mix of 0.3 up to 1 with a water flow of 8000glns/hr

[eli@fijireefrock.com]

Originally Posted by daniella3d

Very fine livesand.

If I could go back in time, I would maybe use black sand instead. White sand is hard to keep clean looking.

I am not sure about black as i never used it,i could imagine the look would be nice maybe crisp, i am thinking pitch black (different though)
Never had a problem keeping my white sand clean maybe the high water flow or maybe the sand sifters in my reef.

[daniella3d]

Mine is white but not pure white. What ever bits fall on it looks dirthy. It does not look clean as black sand. I saw black sand when I went to someone's home not long ago and thought it was really nice looking. It would make the coral pop.

I like white too but I guess I will just have to get more sand snails. I have a few conch on order.

Originally Posted by elias

I am not sure about black as i never used it,i could imagine the look would be nice maybe crisp, i am thinking pitch black (different though)
Never had a problem keeping my white sand clean maybe the high water flow or maybe the sand sifters in my reef.

[mark]

none

[Aquattro]

My current tank is using sugar sand, and mostly I'm happy with it. I probably should have washed it first, so I have a bit of dust still floating around

[monocus]

sugar sand for my wrasses-cleaned by snails,sand dollar,orange striped gobies.i have used black sand in my berghia tanks-it's a pain to keep clean as the detirus keeps accumilating

[daniella3d]

Why is black sand a pain to keep clean?

Originally Posted by monocus

i have used black sand in my berghia tanks-it's a pain to keep clean as the detirus keeps accumilating

[eli@fijireefrock.com]

Originally Posted by daniella3d

Why is black sand a pain to keep clean?

I think most of dirt in the tank is either witish or grey on black sand it will glow nicely.lol

[monocus]

black sand is crushed basalt(volcanic)-white sand is crushed coral(calcium)