ok substrate test inprogress.
I purchased 30lbs of Sugar Sand for my old 33g that I'm setting up for a FO and the rest for my refugium DSB on the big tank. I put in 20lbs in the 33g and then added the water trying to not stir it up too much. the sand realy compacted so I ended up adding the rest of the bag. After a day the tank has settled to what looks like a snow storm on the powerheads, ornamental coral and heater. When I turn the power heads on I kick up a big mess. Will this be like this for ever. I want to move some Live rock over and eventualy my Golden Head Gobie. He stirs up the coarse Aragonite in my big tank somuch, he will hove this tank looking like a cloud in 5 min. I did not rinse the sand, trying to keep all the small particle sizes in too, but it this a waste of time?
Option #1,
Drain the entire tank and wash the sand.
Option #2
Put coarse Aragonite on top and give up on the "look" I wanted.
Option #3
Remove sugar sand to Refugium and use coarse Aragonite in this tank.
What do you guys think?
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