Mr Salty.....help!

lu

lu

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I am going to change my cc bed to a dsb. I was told to check out oolitic sand, which is very fine. I found some and it's very inexpensive compared to other types. Is this a good sand to use for the majority of my sand bed? They also have a sea floor special sand that's a little bigger I thought might be good to mix.
I have a 125 gal tank and thought about 150#'s of oolitic, 40#'s of seafloor special and 40#'s of Fla live sand to seed it all with. What do you think?
 
mr . salty

mr . salty

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Sounds like that would be a good mix.Just remember that when removing the CC,you are also removing alot of your bacteria.So you either need to add 25% live sand to the mix,,,Or put the CC into some cut off feet from pantyhose and place them in the tank for a few weeks.Either of these methods will help you to avoid a recycle...
 
lu

lu

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I will be adding approx 25% live sand (actually natures ocean argonite) so it shouldn't be too much of a problem. Your idea about cc in pantyhose is classic...I love it. I have plenty of "those" laying around that I can hang some cc in the tank anyway for a couple of weeks. Thanks for everything. This is one change I'm making in the tank that I feel comfortable with since I started it.
 
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