Sand size for various substrate critters

[yanni]

All of this will occur with the lights off Then I would start turning off the lights after I was certain that the biological portion was stable and perimeters blah blah blah

Ah yeah nice one, should be really good

 

[pshootr]

I made an edit to describe the lights would be off during the initial cycle.

 

[pshootr]

And theoretically the cycle should go fast with sand from the beach

 

[pshootr]

Let's face it. There's not a company in this world that can deliver sand to me which is better than the sand I get from the beach

 

[pshootr]

There are obstacles potentially. But if I know what to look out for I can do it.

 

[pshootr]

As I said if I start this way I would run the tank for several weeks or months and then it would be safe to add animals

 

[pshootr]

I would have the benefactor of bacteria from the ocean that is what we're all striving for isn't it

 

[pshootr]

Years ago we used to get that from the rock we bought from the fish store. But nowadays you cannot buy live rock like that anymore

 

[pshootr]

So if you have the ocean available you should use it and just wait several weeks or months until you add animals

 

[pshootr]

That way you get the best of both worlds because you can eliminate the pests and accumulate all the benefit bacteria