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Old 09-30-2004, 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Chad
the crushed coral adds a natural buffer to your system and also gives home to some of the little tiny life in your tank.

But then it also traps ditrious.. so .. it has its pro's and con's.
if you need the bed to provide a natural buffer then you have more issues and it is to lait anyways. there is no overriding benifit other than looks. there is a slight benifit of the bacterial population but the rock will handle it.

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