What do you use?

liongirl

liongirl

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Those of you who have FO tanks, what is on the bottom of your tank (of course the CC or LS), but what else ........ ???
 
seabreeze

seabreeze

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The only substrate I have is CC. But considering moving some of that, and adding some good sized rocks.
 
cosmosbasement

cosmosbasement

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LionGirl-Here's what I have on my tank bottom. I have about an 1 1/2 of c.c. to 2 inches of c.c. I went to Home Depot and bought Fiberglass screening, kinda like what's on a screen door. No metal though, fiberglass very important. Put that on top of my crushed coral to seperate my two substrates. Then I went and got the live sand that comes in those bags with the bacteria, marine something. NOt sure of the name (check the exp. date to make sure it's okay) then I bought 20 lbs of live sand from my lfs. They have great live sand, I used about 15 lbs in my 10 gallon mini reef. Lots of life, little crabs and star fish too. Love it! Anyway, that combo looks fantastic! It's a great mixture. The live sand from my lfs is straight from the ocean bottom in fiji. It's cured and work fantastic. When I put that in my 10 gallon mini there was no cycle.
peace
doug
 
liongirl

liongirl

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Well i guess what i am asking is can I just put in that dead coral? I want there to be something besides sand on the bottom. Lots of people are saying rocks ... so i guess i need to look for those (?) [ just plain brown rocks ] ?????????? uh, ok.
 
lcc

lcc

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I have CC with dead corals and shells big shells and little ones. I have two big abolone shell and three big shells that you see on TV that people blow into like a horn.
The fish seem to like the shells. they can hide behind them or if they are amall they can swim up inside them.
 
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gobiodon

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On the bottom - nothing. By the front and back walls just bunch of shells for hermits and small crabs, crushed old live rocks bliched - white(size of apple), slowly turning red and green. That is a good sign! In the middle several LRocks, real ones - show sizes, and the same number of home made LRocks (aragonite sand + #3 portland cement)placed on some kind of a platforms with beer bottles (empty, of course)as a legs. Easy to clean and keep NO3 below 20ppm even with big fish like mine. My babies can hardly see the same place twice a day - so many to visit.
 
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