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Old 12-07-2004, 06:45 PM
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Default Carpet, Hardwood, or Crushed Coral?

New Guy again....question of the day to my reef friends in Calgary.

When I built my house it was carpet vs. hardwood.

Now that I'm building a salt water aquarium its sand vs crushed coral, and add to that the live-sand angle.

I want to work toward having a little of everything in my tank as time and experience permits....a few fish, a few corals, a few anemones.

What would you put on the floor of a new 120 Gallon Fish House?

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Old 12-07-2004, 06:57 PM
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My vote is for sand.
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I like the look of fine aregonite also. (Not too deep though. )
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I'm still for a sandbed too - mine is about 3" on average, nice mix of grain sizes.
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Old 12-07-2004, 11:18 PM
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I vote bare bottom.

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Old 12-08-2004, 12:59 AM
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Thanks Steve, you are on to something here....

"Bare Bottoms" seem to have a following...for more reasons than I can mention here. I found this thread on another site. Very interesting.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...e&pagenumber=1

Comments welcome.....

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Old 12-08-2004, 03:10 AM
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Could someone fix that link please. It is no good now.
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Works for me.

Depending on the type of anemone (and please don't keep a "few"), you may need to provide some sand. I'm joining the bare bottom gang, although I do prefer the look of fine sand.
I think if you do use sand, only put it in areas that you can see and clean, meaning not under the rock work.
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Old 12-08-2004, 03:26 AM
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Hi Bob...great for you to join the discussion....an honor.

I snuck in and fixed the link (rookie mistake).

What would you put on the bottom?

I have to say I'm leaning towards a very thin (1 inch max) sand mix of some type.


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Hi Bob...great for you to join the discussion....an honor.

I snuck in and fixed the link (rookie mistake).

What would you put on the bottom?

I have to say I'm leaning towards a very thin (1 inch max) sand mix of some type.


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He doesn't need bottom substrate! Bob would cover the whole bottom with zoos!
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