Crush coral or sand bed?

[gemini9]

Hmm. Was that setup safe for sand dwelling fish?

 

[ohio reefer]

I didn't have any sand dwellers but I know jaw fish like some rubble and the 3 inches of sand provided more than enough for one if I wanted too have a sand dweller. I had and have a sand shifting star and he did very well.

 

[reefchaser]

How deep should my sand bed be?

 

[WhoKnew]

Beforehand did you regularly siphon your sand? Was it a SSB or DSB?

It was a SSB with 1bag of CC. I siphoned SB every Sunday.

 

[xcountryx]

I use crushed coral on my 100 with no problems. Just have to know how to keep it clean. I do weakly water changes. Nitrates are at 5 ppm. On my 30 I have black hawaiian sand and it's just to messy when I do water changes. I siphon out about a cup of sand or more every time. It's annoying. When it's gone I will add crushed coral. I realy like it when the crushed coral starts turning purple with coralina algae. You can use anything that looks good to you just know how to keep it clean.