Need Help!!! Crushed Coral And Sand Question

tclark225

tclark225

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My Local Fish Store Told Me To Go With Crushed Coral, So I Did. After Reading Some Threads Here I Think I Made A Mistake. The Crushed Coral I Have Is Very Small, Or Very Fine In A Way. Can I Mix My Crushed Coral With Some Live Sand. Is This O.k Any Suggestions. Thanks
 
27mtaylor

27mtaylor

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If you have the very finely crushed coral, you should be ok. If you have the stuff that is dime size (like I have) then your nitrates will be higher because all the detrius material gets caught up in it and you cleaning crew cant access it real well.
 
turningtim

turningtim

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Don't put sand on top of corse CC it will just migrate up to the top over time and you will have a big mess. If you keep the CC keep it clean by vacuuming during water changes.
Its kinda a either or situation.....
No worries when you want to change then do it if not the CC will work just keep it clean.
HTH
Tim
 
tclark225

tclark225

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I Need To Start The Cycle Of The Tank, So I Bought Some Live Sand And Was Going To Put It On Top Of My Cc To Help Me Start The Cycle. I Will Not Be Able To Get Lr Untill Next Week, So I Thought This Might Just Get Me Started. Ids This A Stupid Idea?
 
27mtaylor

27mtaylor

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I don't think it will hurt anything, but like Tim said, over time the CC will migrate to the top. Then you might not get the "look" that you are wanting. I guess it also depends on how deep you want your sandbed. A lot of people will add base sand and then add live sand to the top to seed it.
 
turningtim

turningtim

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How big is the CC? Like pea gravel or smaller than a pinhead? LS has bacteria that will break down the ammonia you need something that will give you the ammonia. Either ghost feed with fish food or better yet throw a raw cocktail shrimp in there and let it get nasty......
Can you post a pic?
Tim
 
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