BB Or sand Bed?

[banditpowdercoat]

If I was to add a sand bed, say 1.5" deep, can I add it all at once? Should I use Live sand, or dry? My tank is well established, going on 5 years now

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by banditpowdercoat

If I was to add a sand bed, say 1.5" deep, can I add it all at once? Should I use Live sand, or dry? My tank is well established, going on 5 years now

There's no advantage to live, other than relieving you of all the extra money Just add dry and I would do it all at once. It's inert, so no reason to stage it.

[riceboy]

heres my 2 cents,

Pros -

I love the look of sand in a tank

Cons-

with 2 powerheads i ended up with all sand in the back and no sand in the front so pretty much ended up with bare bottom anyways.

tank crash when I siphoned the sand bed it had built up with amonia and nitrates (could litterly see bubbles and stuff come out of the sand)

sand getting blown into my lps

easier to see corals if they fell onto bb than in sand

needless to say my tank is bb right now in my new house lol

[Cal_stir]

2" of seafloor special, vacuumed twice a week, would't have it any other way.