Sand Bed

[FishFolk]

Hello! Me being the impatient person i am, picked up some Estes Ultra Reef sand without doing any research. Is this suitable for a 15 gallon tank?

[Michael]

is it fine sand or the white gravel type?

[PRDubois]

I assume it is just dry sand? It is Fine yo use. Just get a little Live sand from a friend or your LFS to seed the dry stuff.

[FishFolk]

Its black and very fine, so i should mix with live sand?

[PRDubois]

If it is black then I would not miv unless you can find some black live sand. No reason in messing up the look.
Sand will eventually become live from your live rock.

[FishFolk]

well i can exchange it for white so its all good

[Bonneville08]

You might want to look into substrates that are made from Aragonite. I don't know what your goals are but Aragonite has some small advantages such as minor amounts of alkalinity support.

[FishFolk]

This is more of a short term project, until i get my larger tank up and running, but i think i will head down to my LFS and get some made from argonite.

[PRDubois]

I like the look of the black sand

[FishFolk]

Yeah same here but they have a black time of live sand that im probably going to pick up. The only downside is it costs much more than the sand that i originally bought.

[Sisterlimonpot]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14565099#post14565099 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by FishFolk
The only downside is it costs much more than the sand that i originally bought.
live sand usually does.:)

[FishFolk]

Oh just another quick question, which goes in first...sand or live rock :)

[PRDubois]

If you put the Rock in first then the sand.

This will keep things from tunneling under the rock which could cause a landslide in your tank.

[FishFolk]

Alright, thanks for all the help PRDubois!