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Old 09-04-2007, 06:55 PM
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Working with a 72 Ga. Oceanic tank. It will be here tomorrow or Thursday! I've already picked out a good skimmer and two powerheads with the help of some people on this forum. I a couple weeks, I'll be adding 100 lbs of live rock, and then the substrate a bit later. I am really wanting to use pure white sand for the substrate. I love that white sand from around the FL panhandle beaches! However, I was kind of wanting to go with live sand, but even the live stuff from the Gulf everybody is selling is not white. Looking to go really find grain substrate. Any suggestions as to what might be a good compromise product? Thanks for any info or help.
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I bought mine here:
CaribSea - Aragamax Sugar Sized Saltwater Sand 30 lb
It's not live, but your LR will seed it and it will become live.
A word to the wise: with white sand (actually any very light sand) your algae growth (you will experience this, we all do), and other "tank trash" will be very noticeable.
Stay away from crushed coral; it will collect detritus and you will then have a nitrate farm. I like my sand; it's a bit of work to keep it clean, but with the right gang of critter, they can help a lot.
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Live Rock - Tampa Bay Saltwater Aquacultured Live Rock they might have just what you are looking for here.
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I got my fine white Live sand from premiumaquatics.com
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I bought mine here:
CaribSea - Aragamax Sugar Sized Saltwater Sand 30 lb
It's not live, but your LR will seed it and it will become live.
A word to the wise: with white sand (actually any very light sand) your algae growth (you will experience this, we all do), and other "tank trash" will be very noticeable.
Stay away from crushed coral; it will collect detritus and you will then have a nitrate farm. I like my sand; it's a bit of work to keep it clean, but with the right gang of critter, they can help a lot.
I have that stuff, except live. I really like it a lot. After a while it gets a brownish tint to it, but it still is very white. I would definately recommend it.


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