"TheRock" wrote in message news:foc7g.1049$NB6.589@trndny03...
When I set my 75g up in '05 I used Light House silica sand.(Lowes)
Many second thoughts about that...before the fact.
I've mixed a few agronite bags in for color etc.

Did you rinse the sand before you put it in the tank ?

The thing I dislike about having a DSB is fish like to kick it up
and blow it all over the rocks.

I have more sand on my rocks than coralline !
Not to mention the tunnels they dig around and under the rocks.

Against recomendations I rinse the sand...
But it is 100% aragonite, so it has still a lot of silt.