sand

Just curious what other people's experiences are with this, as it's my first time doing this today. Do you guys recommend removing all the fish from the tank or what steps do you guys recommend for switching out all the substrate? Do I remove corals as well? I just want this to go as smooth as...

Well I originally got CaribSea Hawaiian black live sand for my tank when I started 7 months back. Between parts of the sand sticking to my magnetic cleaners and scratching my glass and the creeping suspicion it is leeching metals into my tank, I want to change out the sand completely. It's...

Noticing my sand is turning red. Already tested my water for calcium, nitrate, nitrite, salinity, PH, and ammonia. They all came out fine. Temp kept between 78-80 degrees. Also the heads of my euphillyas are falling off. Not sure what’s off with my tank. Any help would be appreciated! Still...

I just ordered ATI Fiji white sand with a grain size of 2-3mm, I didn't want to go lower because I don't like having sand flying everywhere as soon as I turn up the flow. However I'm starting to wonder if this isn't too big for sand sifting gobies since I'd like to get one later. What do you...

So I’ve noticed for a while I had some brown stringy stuff in my sand bed, but it never became a nuisance. Recently I’ve noticed it becoming more active and on the rocks. I’m leaving a link to the video I took: Anyone know what this is?

Hello all, I am wondering what is the cheapest bulk sand that is reef safe? This will not be used as a sand bed but instead will be used to create some cement sand molds. I’m looking for something very fine like CaribSea Super Naturals Aquarium Sand but cheaper. CaribSea Super Naturals Aquarium...

I’m working on a list for what fish and clean up crew I want for my 40 gallon 3ft long tank. I want to have a diamond back goby in it to sift the sand and clean it up. If I put in some Nassarius snails in will they be competing with my goby for food or will the goby be alright.

I want sand for sand sifting fish.

Osmolstor 3155 used, $100 New AF Components 1 + 2 + 3 $30 Reef octopus skimmer DC controllable pump 60 Bubble magus dozing holder 30 3 Fiji pink 10lb sand 25. Unopened I can ship at buyers expense except for the sand and the components. 8187033993

Hi all, I just started this hobby and I am wondering if I put too much sand into my tank? It said I should add about 1 inch and it's approx between 1-1.3 inches at times. I wanted to know everyone's opinion, should I remove some sand? Thanks!

How do you maintain your sand bed? Do you use a gravel vac to clean it out every time you do a water change, do you stir it once a week, or just leave it be? There's some debate about what the best method is -- if you vac, you'll clean out old detritus and keep the water clean, but perhaps pull...

Introduction It has long been a dream of mine to build a larger tank (like no doubt many of us) since I started keeping marine fish a century ago (approximately). After putting it off for far too long, I have finally decided to go all in on a new dream build! As with many things I set my mind...

I'm almost ready for water, all I need to do is figure out my electrical situation with my outlets. I've set up all of my rock, but when should I add my sand? I currently have my live sand in bags waiting to be added to the tank. Should I add the sand right before the water or is it ok to add it...

I'm upgrading to a larger tank. Bought an established 250 gallon reef off of someone. I wanted to replace the sand bed since his is over a year old. My current reef tank has a really white find sand, I want something similar maybe not as fine but I have no idea what it is since someone else...

I'm trying to finish the planning on my new tank upgrade. I'd like to have some sand dwelling wrasse as well as a diamond goby to sift sand and keep it clean. I'm also planning on having a fair amount of water movement generated by powerheads in the tank for my mixed reef so don't want to...

I have 140 lbs of new dry sand for sale. Still in the shipping boxes I received the sand in. I would prefer pickup or I can meet you. $100.00 for all no shipping included in price.

Has anyone had any luck (long/short term) with creating a false bottom out of epoxy/sand to reap the benefits of bare bottom while maintaining the look of sand?

My new reefer 750xxl is arriving in two days and I have been considering the idea of adding an ABS sheet to the bottom of the glass to help keep it from cracking or scratching from the rocks. Is this necessary if I'm using sand as well? I know BRS has an ABS liner on their 160 but I'm not sure...

Ok - I know this is probably a very old topic and most will say "toss the old sand and buy new sand". I'm temporarily breaking down a tank with around 50 lbs of beautiful and relatively clean mesoflakes sand. As I'm removing the sand I'm rinsing some detritus out, and using some of it in my...

If you are new to the hobby or you want to learn a little more about choosing the right substrate for your aquarium then take a look at this article from guest contributor, Robert Woods. http://aquanerd.com/2018/09/how-to-pick-the-right-substrate-for-your-marine-aquarium.html

I'm replacing my current 4 year old sand bed with a larger sized grain. I've removed half. It's about 2 gal of sand. If you want it let me know. If you want to pay for it even better. I'm planning on replacing the other half next week, Tuesday 09/18. It's wet sand. I switched over to the...

So I currently have a uniclife w-25 in my 75g reef tank. 48x18x24. It literally blows sand opposite it in the tank away down to the glass. I feel that where there should be low flow spots everything is way high flow. And this is at the lowest setting! My corals and feather dusters look like...

Only if you’ve done it .... how bad is it to use dry pink Fiji without rinsing ? It’s cold here in nj and I really don’t feel like doing it

So my last tank is officially taken down and out of commission. I essentially shut it down and never broke it down, because I was tired of dealing with ich. I’m now attempting to do this with as much thought and thoroughness as I can. To prevent any losses in the new tank I’m setting up. I’m...

So I'm currently taking over a tank from a friend. Using all of his live rock and some water but decided to use new sand. The sand too longer than expected to arrive. When it got here, I realized it was LIVE sand when I wanted dry sand so that I could wash it. He's dropping off everything today...