Well, there are choices of course. Your safest choice is
the Araga-Live sand at the LFS. That stuff is rinsed out
well, contains some beneficial bacteria and doesn't cloud
the tank when set up for the first time.

Lots of guys like to use Southdown / Old Castle tropical
playsand, which is aragonite-based. It does cloud the tank.

My 55g, I used beach sand that a LFS sold me by the bucket
for $10. It took 4 buckets to make a 4" DSB in my 55g. In
the 280g, I have all aragonite sand, which came from area
reef tanks that were recently taken down. I have a feeling
it was from the LFS, not the stuff from Home Depot (on the
East Coast).

There is a sand bed calculator on Reef Central that you can
enter the dimensions to determine how many pounds you'll
need. http://reefcentral.com/calc/SandBed.php

Marc


BigHaig wrote:
Mark,
you tank looks awesome. You alone at www.melevsreef.com got me into the
hobby a year ago, and have no inspired me to go from a 48G to a 48G +
sump/refugem to a 150G + 50G refugem now. Thanks for that. The one thing I
couldn't find on your site was what kind of sand/coral you use in your
tanks. I have been researching this for days on the www and reefcentral and
am as confused as ever. Just tell me what I should use, where I can get it
online, and how much I need for a DSB on a 60x24x24. You have not let me
down yet!

Thanks, you are the best!

BigHaig



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