Fiji pink or special grade?

[Fishingandreefing]

I also like special grade. Fiji pink blew around a little too much with the high flow.

I bought the special grade initially, but it looked too corse for me to keep a goby as I was comparing to my 120. My 120 has mixed of super fine and looks like Fiji pink in it and it has no prob with moderate flow (I guess my 120 is fully packed)

 

[Jonreefer]

i did a mix of Special grade and bimini pink

 

[Fishingandreefing]

i did a mix of Special grade and bimini pink

Not sure what grain size of bimini pink compare to Fiji pink but after mixing it, was there any flying sands?

 

[Jonreefer]

bimini pink has from .5-5mm so its a good mix of small and large

 

[Fishingandreefing]

bimini pink has from .5-5mm so its a good mix of small and large

I got you. Does the smaller sand got blown up?

 

[Jonreefer]

I havnt had any issues so far. I have a decent amount of flow. with 2 MP10, 800gph return, a Nero5 clone running at its max 2500gph in a reefer 350

 

[Jonreefer]

Here is what the Bimini pink looks like. Ignore my diatoms

 

[Fishingandreefing]

I havnt had any issues so far. I have a decent amount of flow. with 2 MP10, 800gph return, a Nero5 clone running at its max 2500gph in a reefer 350

In theory, I shouldnt have problem if I mix them up. I was worrying about that the smaller grain will somehow got kicked up by the pump. My set up is a reefer 350 as well.

 

[Jonreefer]

i had a tiny bit of sand movement in the first day but it was very very minimal and when it did blow it only moved maybe a few inches. it didnt blow it around the tank at all

 

[Payne Train]

Here’s my sand ... you may have to look hardish to see my wavemakers. They are current USA - the middle power ones ... (I really like them for the price)

 

[Payne Train]

Mine made a couple divots before my first sand siphon, but after that I was good ...

my power settings are 35% - 40% on the wavemakers ... and I think they are 1050 GPH, so they are pretty strong for what they are ... so I toned them down a bit

 

[Fishingandreefing]

Here’s my sand ... you may have to look hardish to see my wavemakers. They are current USA - the middle power ones ... (I really like them for the price)

Looking good. How old is your tank? Here’s mine, not as much rocks as yours. Its about 2 weeks old.

 

[Payne Train]

Looking good. How old is your tank? Here’s mine, not as much rocks as yours. Its about 2 weeks old.

I like your aqua scape ! Carib sea arches ?
I started my tank on April 15th, last month.

 

[Fishingandreefing]

I like your aqua scape ! Carib sea arches ?
I started my tank on April 15th, last month.

Thanks. 20lb of arches, 20lb of shapes and a couple pieces from the original. Yours are life rocks too?

 

[Payne Train]

Thanks. 20lb of arches, 20lb of shapes and a couple pieces from the original. Yours are life rocks too?

yep, almost the same thing . Only mine is 30 lbs original, 25 pounds mixed shapes including 2 arches and 20 lbs shelf .

 

[kados]

I've used both on previous tanks (separately)... I vote Special Grade especially if you vacuum the bottom for water changes.

 

[S.Pepper]

+1 on the special grade for a mixed reef.

I agree. If i had to do over again, I would opt for the special grade over the fiji pink for a mixed reef; although, i do have some sand shifting, it's not over burdensome. And my tank is mainly for wrasses and coral.

 

[Fishingandreefing]

yep, almost the same thing . Only mine is 30 lbs original, 25 pounds mixed shapes including 2 arches and 20 lbs shelf .

Nice. I like these rocks so far and will see what the future does.

 

[Fishingandreefing]

I've used both on previous tanks (separately)... I vote Special Grade especially if you vacuum the bottom for water changes.

I don’t vacuum my 120 and not plan on vacuum this as well. Of course, if needs to be I will

 

[Fishingandreefing]

I agree. If i had to do over again, I would opt for the special grade over the fiji pink for a mixed reef; although, i do have some sand shifting, it's not over burdensome. And my tank is mainly for wrasses and coral.

My pumps are here and I will do an update tomorrow