Beach vrs. Tank sand test
 

Go ahead dude come on were all waiting with batied breath for your
opinioon on snd beds and more than likely it will lead into your
system with never needing a water change and yada yada yada yada.....

I said it bewfore adn I'll say it again at least in regards to a sand
bed like wa being discussed.from predominately silkica based sad,
other than aesthetics, it does nothing to balance a tanks PH like a
aragopnite bed may if there wa a drop in ph, so for the most partt its
simply a place for critters to inhabit.....from burrowoing types to
little micro scopic.......so

Go for it yur turn!
HOw long I have been an aquarist is not any concern of yurs, lets get
to the sand bed statement shall we?

On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 21:59:09 -0500, "Guayni; SAHS"
wrote:

I have a question! (read within your post)

"Tristan" wrote in message
m...
Well its possible. The way I see it is, its not tropical, so therfore
what is in it may not survive in a tropical setup. then again it may.
But no matter what any sand is easy to seed with live sand. So you can
really use a bag of playsand that costs $3.50 from the big box builder
supply store and a cup or two of live sand from LFS or a freinds
established tank, or add some live rock and in short order it will be
just as functional as any live sand you buy or harvest from tropical
regions would be.
******* (you wrote and I quote)
"Sand is just a habitat for burrowing critters and bacteria."
*******
Question is; How long have you been an aquarist?



On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 12:35:57 -0800, Kelsey Cummings
wrote:

So, what about using beach sand from an area not typically associated
with tropics or reefs like the North coast of California? Might this
still be considered beneficial?

-K



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