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Depends, I think rocks are easier to clean....or maybe hides dirt better, but doing the change to SW eventually...maybe sand. I personally prefer sand...I think it looks nicer.


Good luck with the little fishies! Keep us updated, I think you will have the largest collection of GSP's in a single collection.

It's kind of a toss up as to which one. With GSP's being high end brackish fish that should eventually end up in marine conditions, personally I'd go with sand. It's a little more up keep but once you go to full marine, even a high brackish, you can add live rock and live sand to be the bio filter. If you already have the sand in the tank all you should have to do is add the live rock. Live rock will seed the sand eventually. Also, I think it looks cooler You'll need more filtration than the live rock and sand (skimmer, sump, refugium) but cross that bridge when you come to it. Putting in a sand substrate now will let you slowly bring your SG up to marine without having to change later. My 2 cents worth.

Its really going to be difficult since I live in a town of 800 people in the middle of Wyoming!!! lol

cphipps70 wrote:Its really going to be difficult since I live in a town of 800 people in the middle of Wyoming!!! lol

I live in a very rural town in Wisconsin, only reason it's here is someone stuck a major medical center here. I have to drive nearly an hour if I want certain things.

exact same situation here!

Dadof4 wrote: I have to drive nearly an hour if I want certain things.

So do I.....but its because of the retarded traffic...

Mine is because of cows.

If your changing tanks I would go with argonite sand, this will buffer your ph where it needs to be once you raise your sg. And if you put rock in there now then go to full marine you will probably have to change it to sand. So IMO I would start with sand in the new tank.

If you're good at plumbing, you could plumb in a few giant water barrels and have an extra 50-100 gallons of water without having the change the tank for a while. I guess you'd need overflows and such for that, though.

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Have you read the GSP article yet? All your answers are in there.

where do I find the GSP article?

The articles are kept under the learn tab, Puffer Library, great place for info. Here's a direct link to one of the articles library/puffers-in-focus/an-introductio ... d-puffers/

The GSP article is not in the Pufferpedia!

I think he needs all the information he can get, PP.