Hello, I'll be setting up my first tank and I need help picking a substrate. I have caribsea fiji pink and special grade in mind but I really dont know what is best. I will have two jabeo pp4's and my return pump does 400-800 gph. I will mainly have LPS and softies with maybe a couple SPS. I would also like to be able to gravel vaccum the sand but not have it get sucked all the way though the siphon (so I can clean the sand but not have to replace it with every water change). What do you all recommend?
Need Help Picking The Best Sand/Substrate!
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LetItReef
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I have the Caribsea bimini pink and I regret it putting in my tank. There are small pieces of rocks and not appealing at all. My sand that I bought from Petco on my first tank is way better.
I'm removing it slowly-weekly by doing a wet vac and will replace it with Tropic eden reef flakes.
I'm removing it slowly-weekly by doing a wet vac and will replace it with Tropic eden reef flakes.
I have seen a lot of people recommend those but I worry the the appearance would look quite gravely. I guess though if I went with the special grade it would look kinda gravely as well.
Stevelikesfish
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I would use the Ocean Direct live reef sand. Fits your criteria and it looks really nice
Doesn't that stuff have some pretty large chunks in it? Also I forgot to mention I also plan on having a watchmen or yasha goby with a pistol shrimp so I need sand that can also work with them.
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My pistol and goby love it. I also added some crush coral and shells by where the have their hole and they put it to good use. It has fine enough sand for a watchmen to do great as well
WesleyC
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Larger and/or more irregular shape sand/chunks make better cave.
Well, actually, if it's not good enough, they'll build and build again. Maybe for human, it actually means better watching them doing it again and again.
Well, actually, if it's not good enough, they'll build and build again. Maybe for human, it actually means better watching them doing it again and again.
