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STEELERFAN747
08/18/2006, 09:52 AM
Hey guys. I am currently in the planning stages of a 120g or 150g 4 foot tank. (I have not decided yet) I am planning a deep sand bed especially if I go with the 150g.

Here is the question. A deep sand bed could get expensive, and I was told I could use plain play sand along with live sand (50-50)

Has anyone heard of this or done this?

Thank you in advance 4 all your help.

lvreefer
08/18/2006, 11:14 AM
Yes it is done quite often. In fact you live in a part of the country where it should be easy to get southdown sand (very popular). If willing to wait longer for the bed to populate, you could even use a 1:4 ratio of live sand to southdown to save money for sand stirrers ;)

boxfishpooalot
08/18/2006, 12:01 PM
Actually live rock usually seeds the sand with organisms better than most live sand does. fwiw. I would just buy some live rock.