LS question

[costanza]

Can someone tell me when LS became the preferred substrate? I got out of the SWA hobby around '94 and at that time I had never heard of it.

 

[joker_ca]

i dont know when people started using it sorry, but i will give u some reasons why people use it
people use it to have a more natural tank with everything that u would find on the oceanall the little critters living in it, its a great biofilter with its anerobic and aerobic bacteria liveing in the DSB which help to reduce nitrate in the water naturally

 

[costanza]

I know the benefits of the sand. I want to know when people started using it (not early pioneers, but when it became the preferred substrate for mainstream SWA's). I'm assuming it was within the past 10 years.

 

[cowfishrule]

maybe when the snail / invert unions went on strike demanding a better work environment

 

[malounsbury]

According to a post that I found under reefkeepers in usenet, it appears that around 1996-97 is when it started to gain popularity, although was still in the "experimental" stage. The post was archived in september of 1997, so I can only wager at exactly what time the post was written.