Sugar fine live aragonite (oolite)

[Rob in Puyallup]

I'm in the process of setting up a 28 gallon jbj cube. In it is 50 pounds of live aragonite sand and roughly 25 pounds of cured live rock.

A couple days ago I bought a nano sized Aquatop powerhead for added water movement. When I plugged it in there was an instant sandstorm! Suddenly it became obvious to me that fine sand wasn't a good idea.

I set up the tank less than a week ago. Would topping the fine sand with something a bit courser be okay at this point? Would 60 pounds of sand be overkill? Lol! The sand is currently about 2.5 inches deep.

Thanks for any replies!

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[Reefing Madness]

It would just make your substrate a Deep Sand Bed. As the finer sand would settle to the bottom over time anyway, your safe adding to the system.

 

[Rob in Puyallup]

Thanks, good news, then.

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