ltkenbo
Reefing newb
I have the real fine sugar grained sand in my aquarium, from pictures I've seen this doesn't seem to be common. Most people seem to have sand with a slightly larger grain then mine, not gravel, but not sugar sand (0.1-0.5 mm sand). The thing that's annoying about mine is that I it's hard to keep flow good on the substrate without causing a sandstorm or eroding it. I thought perhaps not only would a larger grained sand look better but maybe not be eroded as easily as very fine particles or fly everywhere. Is this true? I see all these aquariums with corals very low to the sand without problems with sand landing on them.
Also, if I were to change the sand, how would I do it? Remove a little bit of sand at a time until most of it is gone, then add new sand? I do have life in my sand, like tube worms so do I have to sacrifice these?
I have something like this now:
Natures Ocean® Marine White Sand #0
and was going more for this, more like 1.2-1.9 mm grains:
Natures Ocean® Australian Gold Sand #5
Natures Ocean® Indonesian Coral Reef Sand
Also, if I were to change the sand, how would I do it? Remove a little bit of sand at a time until most of it is gone, then add new sand? I do have life in my sand, like tube worms so do I have to sacrifice these?
I have something like this now:
Natures Ocean® Marine White Sand #0
and was going more for this, more like 1.2-1.9 mm grains:
Natures Ocean® Australian Gold Sand #5
Natures Ocean® Indonesian Coral Reef Sand