75 fowlr pics....I love this hobby
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iseayou
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Proud new owner of a 150 rr oceanic. Can't wait to transfer everything over to new set up. Tomorrow I will work out the plumbing arrangement and order a return pump. I'm guessing a mag 18 should do it. I'm terrified of the transfer even though I have no corals I can't bare to stress my fish. Also for the 100th time, simply is kolorscape (HD blue bag) white play sand safe for my tank.
iseayou
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I'm slowly getting everything together to make tanks switches and the sand thing is killing me. I purchased 4 40lb bags of Kolorscape play sand. Someone told me that I should be alright with it but I'm still a little bothered by all of the mixed opinions. I've yet to see a tank looking the way I'd like mine to look with the owner claiming to be a kolorscape advocate with the exception of the gent who sold me my new tank ( I need more confirmation). I was just going to mix it with the live sand I have in my 75 but we'll see closer to the big date.
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nereef
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put some vinegar on a sample of the sand. if it bubbles, the sand is calcium carbonate based, and should be fine.
iseayou
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Thanks. I tried the vinegar test. Didn't really see any fizzle going on
. The vinegar I used was however sitting around quite a while. I purchased a new bottle of vinegar. Will try again later this evening. If not I'm going to use all of my existing sand from my 75 gallon and fill a new sump 40 gallon (hopefully) with old sand and go bare bottom in tank until I can get up the money to fill 150 gallon with live sand at a later time. Does anyone think that this a bad idea? The cash that I do have I want to spend on a Ro unit and switch my salt (oceanic is overkill with calcium). I also want to upgrade my test kit to Salifert. I think I'm doing the the most import thing by doing so. I have about 100lbs of live rock that's been in 75 for a good 2yrs. Any and all advice is seriously considered and appreciated.
