sand

I was rinsing my Caribsea sand and noticed a large black flake in it. Upon inspection I discovered that it was a coin sized piece of rusted metal, and after running a magnet through the rest of the sand I found many more particles. To test for holes that could have allowed this metal to...

Hello, I have a diamond goby and he doing really well sifting through all the sand and keeping it nice and clean. However when he sifts he kicks loads of small sand particles into the water column due to the high flow. When the particles are floating around in the water column it doesn’t seem to...

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Hi, I am upgrading my tank from 85gal DP tank to 135 DP tank. I have my tank over 4 years. I am wonder if I can move my old sand from existing tank to new tank? I know most people said using new sand but sand are expensive. I am wonder if I can use old sand and add some additional new dry sand...

I want to get a leopard wrasse and I wanted to add some more sand to my tank to give it plenty of space to burrow. Would adding more sand to my reef tank mess anything up?

I’m upgrading my tank from a 37g to an 85g system my 37g hasn’t been running for long I started with black sand per recommendation at a lfs. However now that I have this new tank I was looking at sand options and I’m seeing a lot of hate on black sand and how it’s known for messing with water...

How do you go about cleaning the glass below the sand bed? I have always been told “don’t disturb your sand bed, it could wreak havoc on your system”. Well, I have seen some darn good FTS that most definitely do not have this nasty build up between the sand and the glass that I have! I just set...

I’ve been trying to find anything on if I can keep the same sand substrate that was in my 5 gal freshwater tank and convert it into a saltwater tank. It’s cheap sand, Top Fin Premium Aquarium sand, but it’s something I have now which I wouldn’t have to buy if not needed. Any advice would be cool.

My main display tank is experiencing orangish looking sand only when the lights are on. The tank has been running for almost a year now and the sand has been getting darker and darker orange. The sand that’s in the tank is Fiji pink and it was a bright white but now it’s no longer white but the...

I have a couple questions about replacing my sand in my tank. Currently my tank’s sand bed is about 1.5” deep. After a year+ and many algae and diatoms breakouts, it has become very discolored. I have the parameters under control now to prevent those from happening again, but I’m wanting to...

Hi all, about to upgrade from a 55 gallon to a 120. Tank has only been cycled for two months and is stocked with two clowns, a Kole tang, two shrimp and a hermit. Would it be safe to transfer my existing sand or do I need all new sand?

Hey guys, Was taking a real close look at the sand near one of my soft corals and noticed these very thin, orangy brown hairs flowing in current on the sand bed next to the live rock my coral is on. I also took another look at another one of my corals and see more kinda wrapped around the...

I started my tank off a while back. And I’ve been having a major issue with sand free floating all over the tank and semi covering everything up. Would it be worth it to maybe add some crushed argonite on top of the sand to kinda compact it? Didn’t want it to mess with my snails or snowflake...

Hi there, I’m new to this forum! I just recently got into the saltwater hobby and ordered my first aquarium, the Fluval evo 13.5. I’ve been planning to setup the aquarium as a mixed reef aquarium with LPS and softies as well as a couple fish, maybe a pair of clowns! I’ve decided to go with live...

Here’sa few pics of my aquarium, I’ve acquired some bunch of brown algae on the floor and some around the tank etc. please tell me how to fix this? I’m trying to get water correct before I put ANY LIVESTOCK in there!

Hey. I've seen a few threads regarding this but was hoping someone may have tried TMC Fine ECO reef sand? I currently have a thicker gravel like sand but I'd like to add a Goby. Therefore considering replacing current sand or mixing in a finer sand. I'm just wondering if anyone can tell me if...

Setting up aquascape in Waterbox 20 nano cube. Put in 20 lb bag of Caribsea sand and purchased a 20 lb box of Caribsea Life Rock shapes. The rock work does not touch and of the walls. Unfortunately, the base rock I got was huge and takes up a lot of space. I'm thinking that the current set-up...

Hey all, figured i’d start a thread and see where it goes. Been in the hobby as a whole for about 5 years now. Had a 40 breeder for about 2 years when i still lived at home. I still miss that tank. Being my first full reef, it taught me everything i know about this hobby, along with a lot of...

Does anybody know what sand bed depth Haddoni and Gigantea Anenomes require?

So I’ve heard people say 2”, 3”, 4”, 5”, and even 6”. What’s your opinion and can you explain the reasoning behind it? Thanks in advance, I’m considering a few.

Opinions needed please. In one of my tanks I am currently using crushed corals for the substrate. That tank is not even a year old yet, it is fully cycled though and already has fish and all sorts of inverts thriving. I would like to switch out the crushed coral and replace with sand. Nothing...

Heya everyone! I'm looking for some advice, I just filled my 220, mixed my salt in and am adding my sand and rock. I did it a little backwards I know but I had to fill it with RODI first directly from the unit so I didn't want to kill the live sand or rock. HOWEVER, now the tank is completely...

Hey all, Having a debate with a good friend who is a multi tank reefer and swears by bare bottom tanks. A majority of them are SPS dominant with a few mixed. I on the other hand I run 3 tanks each with white sand and working on a black sand nem tank. I prefer the diversity:) So the great...

Would it be possible to have a sandbed of crushed coral, maybe three to four inches deep? What issues might I encounter? Would I have to vacuum it?

So I've seen a couple posts about this, but I felt the need to share my experience with this sand and my strong opinion towards it. I waited about 3/4 weeks to verify if the actual problem stemmed from the sand or something else. I did no other changes with my tank in terms of flow, filtration...