Fuge Setup

[premilove]

Hey what is better to put into my fuge? miracle mud or sand? Should I also put in some live rock?

 

[prime311]

You don't need any substrate, but you can use crushed coral or sand. Live Rock would be beneficial.

 

[ibew41]

I have mud but am going to change to sand

 

[maxalmon]

IMO the mud stuff is just another way of getting $30 out of you. I'd go barebottom or with a shallow sand bed.

 

[addicted4life]

I used mud, and have been extremely happy. I got the mud/grunge from the bottom of the live rock tub at my lfs, paid maybe $10 for it. I also cleaned out the rubble tub and actually got many critters and creatures along with it.

 

[mr_x]

maybe after the mud has been in someone's tank for a while, it might be beneficial, but miracle mud right out of the jug is garbage. i saw a study done on it, and the result was that there was nothing in it that suggested it came from the ocean.
i bought some and found pieces of red brick and some shiny plastic/glass shards...it's from someone's backyard.
use some sand if you like.

 

[aztec reef]

Actually, miracle mud is about 75% Oceanic mud, and it is collected from different parts of the ocean,(mostlikely from volcanic areas) the remaining 15% is a trade mark secret.
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Mud,
Its mostly silicon dioxide in the form of quartz.
The problem with the mud is the abundance ofhigh levels of impurities and metals such as but not limited to: aluminium,copper,zinc,titanium,iron,phosphates,nitrates.magnese,ect....

 

[mr_x]

Originally Posted by Aztec Reef
http:///forum/post/2801401
Actually, miracle mud is about 75% Oceanic mud
that's what they tell you on the package.

 

[aztec reef]

Its not advertisements!
Its the analysis and composition.
I can't tell u what the 15% is, hence its a trade mark secret.
Mud is plentifull in volcanic areas.
Have u ever seem black sand beaches?

 

[mr_x]

i understand where they tell you they get it from, but i saw an analysis done on it. i wish i would have saved that link.
also, the red brick and shiny plastic pieces really did it for me.