sugar sand = problems?

[justinl]

Originally Posted by 'Ol Nobodaddy

Only real problem with sugar sand is it gets blown arund so easy, with sugar sand and any sifter or bottom dweller the sand will always be in your water column.

I didn't really experience any of that with my tank. If a large wrasse decides to go on a digging expedition sure it will kick up sand, but it is far from always in the column... sometimes would be a better word. Be sure to rinse the sand vigorously before hand to get rid of the smallest particles.

if you have a sand sifter/dweller you shouldnt have anything but oolitic sand anyways. BB might be okay for most benthic dwellers, but anything more coarse than oolitic calcium based sand would rip up sifters.