Southdown tropical play sand

Wayne Sallee wrote:

Has this idea been tested in low oxygen areas deep in the sand?

Also what about things that eat the sand, like sea cucumbers.

What we have here is (Pensacola Beach) Silica Based Sand and all our
wild critters seem happy..
Pure White, I mean pure white!! It even squeaks when you walk on it. :-)


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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.

The depth is for an oxygen free area to develop.
It wouldn't mater is you were using Cal or Silica.

My SPS reefs I always used CaribSea FigiPink...
I had a couple "stepchild" tanks with various stuff in them
and never had a particular problem I could point to the Silica
sand I scooped out of my backyard.

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.





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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

Thanks Kim I wasnt even thinking about the grain hardness. I think I
just worry too much

On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 01:25:26 -0700, kim gross
wrote:

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

Welcome to reef keeping! LOLOL

Like that thread where I stated I get
no where the near the benefit out of reefing
-vs- the time, trouble, worry, anguish and money put into them.

But wouldn't change it for anything!! LOLOL
We humans are a CrAzY lot.... :-)

AverageSchmuck wrote:

I think I
just worry too much




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hehe agreed but the learning curve never seems to end which to me
seems to be a nice benefit cause most things I get bored after a bit
and put it down.

On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 10:20:10 -0600, RicSeyler
wrote:

Welcome to reef keeping! LOLOL

Like that thread where I stated I get
no where the near the benefit out of reefing
-vs- the time, trouble, worry, anguish and money put into them.

But wouldn't change it for anything!! LOLOL
We humans are a CrAzY lot.... :-)

AverageSchmuck wrote:

I think I
just worry too much

So that's what you are doing in your tank when nobody's
home :-)

Yea I'm not saying that one can't have a sucsefull reef
tank with silica sand. That would not be true. But what I
am saying, is that I don't think that the idea that "the
calcium sand provides no benefit over the silica sand" is
correct.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



RicSeyler wrote on 3/23/2006 3:51 PM:


Wayne Sallee wrote:

Has this idea been tested in low oxygen areas deep in the sand?

Also what about things that eat the sand, like sea cucumbers.

What we have here is (Pensacola Beach) Silica Based Sand and all our
wild critters seem happy..
Pure White, I mean pure white!! It even squeaks when you walk on it. :-)

If you through a penny in your reef tank, bacteria will
grow over it. So does that bacteria prevent the copper
from dissolving into the water?

Answer: no

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Wayne Sallee wrote on 3/23/2006 5:04 PM:
So that's what you are doing in your tank when nobody's home :-)

Yea I'm not saying that one can't have a sucsefull reef tank with silica
sand. That would not be true. But what I am saying, is that I don't
think that the idea that "the calcium sand provides no benefit over the
silica sand" is correct.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



RicSeyler wrote on 3/23/2006 3:51 PM:


Wayne Sallee wrote:

Has this idea been tested in low oxygen areas deep in the sand?

Also what about things that eat the sand, like sea cucumbers.

What we have here is (Pensacola Beach) Silica Based Sand and all our
wild critters seem happy..
Pure White, I mean pure white!! It even squeaks when you walk on it. :-)

"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message ...
If you through a penny in your reef tank, bacteria will
grow over it. So does that bacteria prevent the copper
from dissolving into the water?

Answer: no

Bacteria will not grow over penny, because copper is toxic.