JNalley
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Ok, that ROX 0.8 you don't need, the chemipure contains carbon already, so cancel that. You have 2 different types of Arag-Alive sand, go with the OceanDirect by the same company, NOT the Arag-Alive. The Ocean Direct is pulled directly from the ocean and comes with a plethora of healthy and good bacteria, the Arag-Alive is dry sand that has had bacterial spores and water added to the bag, it's not anywhere near as effective as the OceanDirect in building a healthy biome. The rest of the stuff looks ok.
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KingVinny
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ok im gonna do rn one sec
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KingVinny
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This one
JNalley
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Yep, that's the stuff. That's the original grade, so you will get large pieces of shell as well as fine particles of sand. That's the grade I use in all my tanks, though I think my next tank (since it will be a fairly deep tank) I am going to try out the Oolite.
JNalley
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So, I am not a fan of manufactured rock. It looks totally unnatural to me. Some of the most natural-looking mass produced fake stuff I've seen comes from Tropic Eden which you can find over on premiumaquatics.com
However, I use the Moani in all of my tanks because it's natural rock mined from dried out ancient reefs and it looks lovely.
JNalley
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Yep, if you go the moani route, there's no reason you can't make arches of your own with a bit of ingenuity, a hammer, chisel, and some reef cement works wonders, and you won't be able to tell the cement joints are there once you have coralline algae everywhere...
I use the NYOS reef cement, but many here advocate for the Marco cement. I think you'd be good either way.
JNalley
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www.saltwateraquarium has the CaribSea Moani.
A 40lb bag should be ok. It really depends on how deep you want your sandbed to be. If you want a sand sifting goby, I'd recommend shooting for a 2-3" bed at least. You can calculate sand over at BRS
Aquarium Sand Bed Calculator - Bulk Reef Supply
Bulk Reef Supply - Saltwater Aquarium Supplies for Reef Tanks
www.bulkreefsupply.com
Just use the special grade from the sand type drop down and you'll get a good idea of how many lbs you need for your chosen depth.
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KingVinny
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how many rocks come with thatwww.saltwateraquarium has the CaribSea Moani.
A 40lb bag should be ok. It really depends on how deep you want your sandbed to be. If you want a sand sifting goby, I'd recommend shooting for a 2-3" bed at least. You can calculate sand over at BRS
Aquarium Sand Bed Calculator - Bulk Reef Supply
Bulk Reef Supply - Saltwater Aquarium Supplies for Reef Tanks
Just use the special grade from the sand type drop down and you'll get a good idea of how many lbs you need for your chosen depth.
JNalley
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the general rule with rock is 1-2lbs per gallon (when dealing with the porous nature of the real mined rock like Marco, Moani, etc) or 2-3lbs per gallon for the fake stuff (LifeRock, Tropic Eden, etc). You can get different sized boxes of the stuff from Saltwateraquarium.
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KingVinny
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How many rocks came with yours when you got it?
JNalley
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honestly, I can't remember. probably 8-10 decent sized pieces? I got the 40lb box of Moani from the website, and picked up a few really nice Reef Harvested rocks at my LFS (They have a bin with live-rock they keep wet and have lights on it from tank teardowns. They have a lot of the old Walt Smith Tonga and Fiji rock in there, as well as some of the TBS rock.
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KingVinny
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OK that’s not bad 8 to 10 probably won’t use all of it. I’m gonna save some for my 70 gallon tank when I put it together when I get the room for it and obviously I’m gonna buy more but everything is ordered and now we’re just praying for the best.
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