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Sounds like a normal cycle... What have I gained by using the live sand then?

Hello Board... I am in the process of bringing up a 135g tank and installed 120 #'s of live sand two days ago. My question is this. Should I get a Nitrate reading pretty soon? I measured it last evening and found it to be zero. What sould I see in terms of readings when using live sand at the...

I have a 135 gallon tank I am just bringing up and have placed about 1.5 inches of sand across the bottom. I want to layer some LIVE sand across the top of that. Does anyone have a suggestion on how thick I want the LS to be? Thanks, Tony

I am still learning too, but why wouldn't you put the LS in first and then the LR?

can you get to ecosystem info How do you mean can I get to ecosystem?

Anyone have an idea how much mud I would use in a 10 gallon refugium? 10lbs is about $75.00, I am not sure how much that would equate to in displacement?

Originally posted by lovethesea ok, I found the post. Go to the Reef Tank section here. The thread is called "Ecosystem miracle mud vs. Caribsea". LTS, Thanks, I'll go look that up. I need to locate a good marine LFS I guess.

Originally posted by aarone are you puttin the bioballs in the refugium?? No the mud and live plants are going in the refugium. The picture I have posted is only 1/3 of my eco/bio system. The refuigum is about 10 gallons but is part of the entire box off to the right next to the skimmer. What...

Anyone know a good source for this stuff called "miracle mud". I have a consuntant building a tank for me and he asked me to look into buying this for the refugium (sp?) tank? Also I am looking for the black bio balls with the holes in them. I would like to match the ones in the picture below. I...