sand question
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sly
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https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/194646/live-sand-vs-crushed-coral
I would recommend you reading it first if you're interested... There's no better substrate, just different ways of doing things and yes, if you do it wrong, then there will be problems in your setup.
I would recommend you reading it first if you're interested... There's no better substrate, just different ways of doing things and yes, if you do it wrong, then there will be problems in your setup.
mikeyjer
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I have to agree with some stuffs sly have mentioned. If you keep a shallow bed of CC, there wouldn't be any problems at all. I keep CC in my aggressive tank, it used to be 3" and I kept on having nitrate problems until I lower the CC down to 1". I'm not having that sort of problem since then. I still LOVE my sandbed though in my other tanks. I prefer using sandbed.... :happyfish
sly
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Glad to hear it. You can make either substrate work fine as long as you do it right. I personally like the look of CC better because of the coloration but to each his own...
There is no "right" answer... just different ways of doing things. But for all those people who constantly say that CC substrates can't work, they are only making the new hobbiest waste money on dumping his entire tank while enduring the frustration of changing the substrate.
It's not fair to the new hobbiest to simply say that his setup is wrong just becuase it's not like mine. So rather than tell him to curse his LFS and wish he had never gotten CC, let's just tell him how to do it correctly instead... :thinking:
Having fish can be fun. We just need to agree that there's no perfect way of doing things. Some prefer the berlin method, some prefer heavy skimming and UV. Both can achieve results and both are "like the ocean" in their own way. The ocean has both CC and sand at the bottom and so both methodologies are "correct". Neither is perfect though because our tanks are merely a small simulation of the real thing. We can never duplicate nature. Only poorly immitate it.
There is no "right" answer... just different ways of doing things. But for all those people who constantly say that CC substrates can't work, they are only making the new hobbiest waste money on dumping his entire tank while enduring the frustration of changing the substrate.
It's not fair to the new hobbiest to simply say that his setup is wrong just becuase it's not like mine. So rather than tell him to curse his LFS and wish he had never gotten CC, let's just tell him how to do it correctly instead... :thinking:
Having fish can be fun. We just need to agree that there's no perfect way of doing things. Some prefer the berlin method, some prefer heavy skimming and UV. Both can achieve results and both are "like the ocean" in their own way. The ocean has both CC and sand at the bottom and so both methodologies are "correct". Neither is perfect though because our tanks are merely a small simulation of the real thing. We can never duplicate nature. Only poorly immitate it.
mikeyjer
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Originally Posted by Sly
Glad to hear it. You can make either substrate work fine as long as you do it right. I personally like the look of CC better because of the coloration but to each his own...
There is no "right" answer... just different ways of doing things. But for all those people who constantly say that CC substrates can't work, they are only making the new hobbiest waste money on dumping his entire tank while enduring the frustration of changing the substrate.
It's not fair to the new hobbiest to simply say that his setup is wrong just becuase it's not like mine. So rather than tell him to curse his LFS and wish he had never gotten CC, let's just tell him how to do it correctly instead... :thinking:
Having fish can be fun. We just need to agree that there's no perfect way of doing things. Some prefer the berlin method, some prefer heavy skimming and UV. Both can achieve results and both are "like the ocean" in their own way. The ocean has both CC and sand at the bottom and so both methodologies are "correct". Neither is perfect though because our tanks are merely a small simulation of the real thing. We can never duplicate nature. Only poorly immitate it.
Nicely said!!! Did you go to that new LFS in your area by any chance??? They had that grand opening not long ago. :happyfish
Glad to hear it. You can make either substrate work fine as long as you do it right. I personally like the look of CC better because of the coloration but to each his own...
There is no "right" answer... just different ways of doing things. But for all those people who constantly say that CC substrates can't work, they are only making the new hobbiest waste money on dumping his entire tank while enduring the frustration of changing the substrate.
It's not fair to the new hobbiest to simply say that his setup is wrong just becuase it's not like mine. So rather than tell him to curse his LFS and wish he had never gotten CC, let's just tell him how to do it correctly instead... :thinking:
Having fish can be fun. We just need to agree that there's no perfect way of doing things. Some prefer the berlin method, some prefer heavy skimming and UV. Both can achieve results and both are "like the ocean" in their own way. The ocean has both CC and sand at the bottom and so both methodologies are "correct". Neither is perfect though because our tanks are merely a small simulation of the real thing. We can never duplicate nature. Only poorly immitate it.
Nicely said!!! Did you go to that new LFS in your area by any chance??? They had that grand opening not long ago. :happyfish
