Substrate

[pursuit]

I am planning on adding a 2-3" sand substrate and after reading alot of posts on this figured the smaller the size the better but when I saw the bag for caribsea aragonite it states at the bottom of the bag that it is for shallow beds. I know I am not going to really have a DSB but some guy at the LFS said I should go with a larger size grain with the depth I want. The other sand I also was looking into was Acrotopic Pure Oolitic Aragonite which is also a very small grain. All along I planned on using Southdown playsand but now that I am ready to go I can't find it anywhere. Can I ignore the warning on the bottom of the bag for caribsea aragonite and use the finer sand?

 

[timsedwards]

Hi there,
Im not an expert on the subject, but to add my .02c, i would suggest a mixture of two different size grains is good. A really fine aragonite is good with a slightly bigger grain. The sand dwellers will love just churning it up for you
Tim.

 

[pursuit]

Thanks for the reply Tim. Maybe what I'll try is fine sand with a bag on live sand on top of it.