Taiwan Gravel as calcium reactor media?

[jhildebrand]

Any reason why Nature's Ocean Taiwan Gravel could not be used as a cheaper alternative to the expensive large calcium reactor media such as ARM? Here's a link: http://reefsand.com/natures_ocean.html

[mbbuna]

[welcome]


i dont see why not

[jhildebrand]

the lfs here says the only drawback is that there my be pieces of clam or oyster in it and that when those dissolve they will release any phosphates contained in the shells, since these guys take in phosphate when alive. so, if you're willing to remove those first i would venture to guess that this would be a much cheaper alternative. if anyone disagrees, please let me know why. thanks much...

[Boomer]

That would be great stuff :D Get the #15

[mbbuna]

any media you use is going to contain some amount of phosphate.

[Boomer]

Ask your LFS guy to use some logic in his reasoning. What makes him think that coral does not take in phosphates also when alive ?

[Boomer]

"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."
- George W. Bush


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The idiot speaks again and is clueless

[sjames]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12512185#post12512185 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Boomer
"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."
- George W. Bush


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The idiot speaks again and is clueless

your prepetuating a myth, Bush never said that, mad magazine did in 91 in a list of things Dan Quayle might say.

[Boomer]

Myth or not he is one that would say something like that.

[Icefire]

maybe but you voted him twice in the white house :D

[Boomer]

No comment :lol:

[jim.l]

MTC recommends CaribSea Florida Crushed Coral, Geo-Marine Formula for their reactors, and it works great, and it's cheap. Any argonite thats not too fine is good.

[Freed]

How do you order anything from Nature's Ocean?