Ocean Direct Caribbean Live Sand (Oolite)

[Lisa Cain]

Does anyone have any experience with Ocean Direct Carribean Live Sand (Oolite)? Does the dust always rise when you move items or does that stop after a period of time?

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

No. It’s stays like that. It’s konda for the old school deep sand beds. Meant to have a “cap”of thicker grains on top.

 

[Lisa Cain]

IF I go and buy thicker grain that will help?

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

IF I go and buy thicker grain that will help?

Yea. Just put a layer down on top of the other stuff. Slowly.... gently.


Also look for the bio magnet. It should come in the bag too.
https://www.amazon.com/CaribSea-Aquatics-BioMagnet-Clarifier-Aquarium/dp/B001F95N9S
May take a bit to clear but it will.

 

[Lisa Cain]

Thanks, frustrated setting up 90 gallon tank and people who were helping me to se t up realized that the company sent the wrong sand. It has 20lbs of fuji pink and 40 lbs of that Ocean direct. I do not want to deal with a dust storm or cloudy water everything I move a rock.

 

[Lisa Cain]

It cleared in one day but when I moves around th sand the next day to even it out. I made teh water cloudy again. However now it is clear again. I am afraid to touch the sand. Does it have any positive benefits?

 

[Lisa Cain]

It took only 1 day to clear however the next day I moved around the sand and it made the tank cloudy again. It cleared up again in 1 day. But now I am afraid to touch the sand.

 

[Maritimer]

Worms, wrasses and other sandbed critters probably love its silky-smooth texture.

SPS probably wonder why the water's so turbid all the time.

Kind of a trade-off.

~Bruce