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My HD PVR · Post by **My HD PVR** » Sun May 15, 2011 9:06 pm

to be completely honest, i dont know if i have ever seen a pool shop...

Post by **Pufferpunk** » Sun May 15, 2011 9:16 pm

Then go with the play sand but plan on rinsing, rinsing, rinsing!

My HD PVR · Post by **My HD PVR** » Sun May 15, 2011 9:28 pm

ill just use my spare 5g bucket, change the water every..... 12 hours i guess

sevenyearnight · Post by **sevenyearnight** » Sun May 15, 2011 9:46 pm

Rinse the sand before you put it in the tank. It's a pita, but well worth it.
You can get a cheap, white, low thread count (200 or so) pillow case, use that for a "strainer" to rinse the dust out.

Black Widow · Post by **Black Widow** » Sun May 15, 2011 10:26 pm

you live in maryland? go to the seaside and use that sand? its cheaper plus its live sand so will help cycle your tank

xrayjeeper83 · Post by **xrayjeeper83** » Sun May 15, 2011 10:30 pm

could do that, but id be afraid of bringing in bad stuff too.

You could get sand from there and then boil it to kill off any crap

sevenyearnight · Post by **sevenyearnight** » Sun May 15, 2011 10:31 pm

Not at that salinity. That's different bacteria than low brackish.

Black Widow · Post by **Black Widow** » Mon May 16, 2011 12:17 am

xrayjeeper83 wrote:could do that, but id be afraid of bringing in bad stuff too.

You could get sand from there and then boil it to kill off any crap

People in the UK dont even pay for salt, some go to the beach fill their cans with seawater take it home and pour it straight in their reef tank. Apparently Corals love it more than synthetic salt water and so grow better and exhibit more colours. One guy i know is running a 650L Coral Reef Tank on seawater he collects from the beach

PolishPuff · Post by **PolishPuff** » Mon May 16, 2011 12:31 am

Walrus Head wrote:
xrayjeeper83 wrote:could do that, but id be afraid of bringing in bad stuff too.

You could get sand from there and then boil it to kill off any crap

People in the UK dont even pay for salt, some go to the beach fill their cans with seawater take it home and pour it straight in their reef tank. Apparently Corals love it more than synthetic salt water and so grow better and exhibit more colours. One guy i know is running a 650L Coral Reef Tank on seawater he collects from the beach

Well I dont know about that Walrus Head. I've heard people mixing salt water in UK just like we do here. Even tho they live by the beach.

xrayjeeper83 · Post by **xrayjeeper83** » Mon May 16, 2011 12:33 am

Not saying you cant do it, just that you run the risk of dumping some bacteria into your tank

PolishPuff · Post by **PolishPuff** » Mon May 16, 2011 12:36 am

xrayjeeper83 wrote:Not saying you cant do it, just that you run the risk of dumping some bacteria into your tank

Right, and something about the 4 seasons they bring different SG or something.

J-P · Post by **J-P** » Mon May 16, 2011 1:16 am

sevenyearnight wrote:Not at that salinity. That's different bacteria than low brackish.

+1 the SG difference alone would give you an ammonia bloom.

Post by **RTR** » Mon May 16, 2011 8:04 am

I would not keep an F-8 myself without an aragonite substrate. Keeping the alkalinity up without it is much more difficult, and alkalinity is important to F-8s or really any low-end BW tank.

xrayjeeper83 · Post by **xrayjeeper83** » Mon May 16, 2011 12:37 pm

RTR would you do aragonite only? I already have pool sand in the tank, could I mix the two and be ok? If so how much would you say to put in a 20L

Post by **Pufferpunk** » Mon May 16, 2011 12:57 pm

How stable is your pH/KH?

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