AverageSchmuck wrote:
Those of you that have silica type sand. Would you happen to be using
in a Deep Sand Bed environment of 3 inches or greater by chance?

I ask cause I am curious if it seems to be working out for you really
well or not. I am looking into building a Deep Sand bed type sump for
my own. Read here and their and all sources I have found all recommend
argonite type bed but none seem to mention any sort of pro/cons to
say silica or just any other material period.


I have used silica sand for a DSB aprox 5 inches without any problems,
other than having to be careful when using my cleaning magnet, the
silica is as hard as the glass and so it can scratch the glass a lot
easier than the aragonite sand will. The critters will not know the
difference, I have sand sifting cuc's and lots of little critters in the
silica sand without any problems. I purchased some silica sand
ballasting sand, I got a ver fine grit for around 10 buxs a 50 pound bag.

Kim