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Darth Polymnus
03/31/2013, 01:12 PM
Newbie with a substrate question. Will a white substrate of an established tank remain white, or do you have to occasionally stir the sand bed?

sporto0
03/31/2013, 01:15 PM
It will stay a shade of white, but never, ever the same white as when it's new, I would avoid all other types of substrate but sand unless this is not for a reef & thus a slurry of phosphates & detritus is not a concernable issue, ie crushed coral etc.

Darth Polymnus
03/31/2013, 01:28 PM
I guess I just need to stop being so OCD about it. I have a fine white substrate that's white for the most part. Like you said, it won't look new white.