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Originally Posted by Danakor  I found a guy on eBay who sells 30 lbs Live sand for approx. $25. He was rather good and also threw in a free reefgium kit, with some algae and some snails. the best way to get the crushed coral out is get a large fish net, swipe it across the bottom take out the coral via the net and put it into a side bag. take the sand and put it into some ziploc bags close it and then submerse it into the tank reach in turn the bag sideways and let the sand out GENTLY!! I can not stress to you enough to be gentle....trust me I screwed up and just dumped mine in and 3 days later my water is still not clear.that is the best way. also you might qwant to leave abotu a pound or so of your previous substrate in so that some of your bacteria will be able to jump satrt your tank. |
Hey!! Thanks for the info.
I was trying to figure out the best way to switch to sand. I've got a setup 4 mos old and still have problems w/hair algae. (Chem. 0 NO3, 0 PO4; pH 8.2; Ca 385; SG 1023). Several people say that it's the crushed coral breeding NO3, which feeds the algae.