is this sand too small?
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maxalmon
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I wasted a chunk of money stocking my 75g with that sand, it blows all over the place, a fish swimming by creates a sandstorm. Ended up having to take the tank apart after just 2 weeks and replacing the sand with the larger grain....Might work for a lower flow tank....Looks awesome, but what a pain.
sambasam
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Originally Posted by maxalmon
I wasted a chunk of money stocking my 75g with that sand, it blows all over the place, a fish swimming by creates a sandstorm. Ended up having to take the tank apart after just 2 weeks and replacing the sand with the larger grain....Might work for a lower flow tank....Looks awesome, but what a pain.
so which one? are you saying both wont work? or is it just the oolite? or will the 1-2mm work?
I wasted a chunk of money stocking my 75g with that sand, it blows all over the place, a fish swimming by creates a sandstorm. Ended up having to take the tank apart after just 2 weeks and replacing the sand with the larger grain....Might work for a lower flow tank....Looks awesome, but what a pain.
so which one? are you saying both wont work? or is it just the oolite? or will the 1-2mm work?
royal gang
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Go with argonite. 
reefkprz
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oolitic sand is best IMO as a base layer under aragonite, it creates an excellent anoxic zone for anaerobic bacteria, its my favorite sand for low flow tanks, invert only tanks, bottom three inches of a deep sand bed, and applications as that. its hard to use in a high flow tank as a top layer, or with large/fast swimming fish, or with sand sifting fish as it is small and suspends easier than larger grains.
