Ok if you don't want the frag plug on the rock but its attached you have a couple choices. One: set it in a high flow spot in the tank, it might release itself from the plug and then you can put it in a low flow spot to grab on, Two: Carefully cut it off the plug it will heal but in the meantime you can put it in a small container like this one
Nov 22, 2011. #2. Crushed Coral, Live Rock Rubble, Biobals, Biorings and anything else similar will collect detritus and cause cascading water parameters. IMHO you're much …
There are quite a few options in the reef world. Crushed coral is a great choice if you are not going to keep a large amount of fish. Nitrates tend to be higher with crushed coral due to lack of flow through it. Sand or deep sand are also great options, but a deep sand bed can be problematic if you have a tall coral colony.
839. Reaction score. 15. Location. Flower Mound TX. Rating - 0%. 0 0 0. If you are setting up a ca reactor just use the crushed coral as reactor media. you can use crushed coral it's just that during wc you will need to vacuum the crushed coral. Sent …
All rubble is from the site where the rubble is being crushed (i.e., rubble cannot be brought in from other locations and crushed). The rubble is processed so the maximum length of the largest dimension of any piece of rubble is less than six inches. If the rubble contains rebar (metal reinforcing), all rebar is removed and is recycled or
I have a 55 gal aga long that currently has crushed coral in it . I also currently have a 29 gal bio cube thats 2.5 years old with a fine sand bed, approx 4.5 inches deep. . What I want to do is remove the crushed coral and substitute it with the sand from the 29 bio cube. I am having a hard tim...
Crushed Coral Rubble is used in an acidic tank to buffer the pH to close to 7. Although not needed for low pH species, it is a good way to buffer your tank so your tank doesn't pH crash. Remember a pH crash will cause burns to your fish which will result in death. If you have a African or Marine tank then Coral Rubble
Crushed coral does very little, if anything to raise the p.h unless it's in your filter, it also is not good to use with mouthbrooders. Tropheus sift through and eat sand. …
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I found crushed coral to be too expensive here so I opted to use crushed oyster shells, available at any farm supply store for laying hens. They do the same job though. If you want to keep the tank looking clean you can use a mesh bag filled with a handful of the stuff and either hidden in the filter or just left hanging in the tank. Or you …
Crushed coral are known to trap detritus/uneaten food. Don't change it all at once. I would do 1/3-1/2 at a time. I really like Caribsea Flamingo Reef and Fiji Pink Reef sand.
First of all, you have to put crushed coral into some sort of fine-meshed bag (a filter bag, a nylon stocking) to keep it from spraying all over your tank when the filter is running. ... you are asking for flow reduction and organic retention. I have done coral in mesh in bio-only, but I use coral rubble - much larger chunks and totally non ...
My tap PH is 8.2. I have one tank with crushed coral as 50% of the substrate. My other tank is a planted tank with sand substrate and a piece of driftwood. Both tanks settle and stay at a PH of 8.0. I'm not convinced crushed coral does much. It certainly doesn't do much for me.
Inversly i absolutly love fine sand. They both do the same thing for pH and *hardness*. (I might be wrong abou that one.) But the crused coral offers more surface area for the water to pass over. A bad thing i've "heard" about fine sand though is that can be pockets created that harbor nitrates and such. I've had no problems with fine sand, but ...
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Originally Posted by medic155. Crushed coral, from what I have read, will collect detritus and be harder to clean than sand. So absolutely true. If you look around …
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Are they like live rock rubble or more like crushed coral? If it was attached to sand or crushed coral you could just glue it to your live rock. If it is attached to small rocks then glue that to your live rock. HTH . E. emeralcrab Guest. Oct 10, 2006 #4 They are on small live rock, like quarter size. I do have a loose one that is on the sand ...
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Betapet Coral Rubble The Coral thickness varies - some pieces can be 60mm long. As this is a rubble it will vary in size and ideal for Media as well. We offer the best coral bones on the Australian market. Other so …
What do you use to clean the detritus and excess food from your crushed coral bed? Do you only do this during WC's or do you use a gravel vacuum w/ filter (ex. Eheim Power Vac Pro...I think that's the name of this pricey item), in between WC's? ... standard gravel vac, gravity suction and empty into some rubbermaid bins and VOILA! …
So heres my question. Is there a way to crush crushed coral sand to make it into a finer grain sand? My girlfriend says I should throw it in the blender. I bought 100lbs of crushed coral sand online but it's not as fine as I had imagined it would be. ... Anemone basket substrate crushed coral/reef rubble. Lgara1303; Jul 21, 2024; Reef Aquarium ...
Dec 16, 2007. #10. That is a crushed coral. Exactly what I have in my SPS tank... and mine is also mixed with finer sand. The fine sand is the first layer (~3") and the top layer …
It would be easier to mop up all the sand than a bunch of crushed up coral . W. whtmex Active Member. Member. Messages 434. Dec 1, 2011 #5 I went with sand in my 55G, and love it. The sand itself actually sinks fairly rapidly if it gets disturbed. What causes the cloudiness is shortcutting the washing of the sand prior to laying it.
You need smaller sand or a mix of small crushed coral and sand. In my fresh water tanks, I had a mix of sand and the mini river rocks that were about the size of rice and smaller. ... or broken up rock to create a rubble area for placing corals on the bottom. Rock flower anemones (from the Caribbean at least) are typically found on rocks …
A 3" + deep sand bed with no crushed coral mixed in would be a better option. Its true as mentioned above, you will eventually have the cc work its way throughout the sand bed. ... Anemone basket substrate crushed coral/reef rubble. Lgara1303; Jul 21, 2024; Reef Aquarium Discussion; Replies 6 Views 146. Jul 21, 2024. Spare time. T. …
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If you gravel vac that crushed coral whenever you do a water change you will have no problems with poop or algae. It only takes a few minutes to do this. I have …
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I have 80# PFS and 30# crushed coral mixed together as a substrate in both of my 125's. The water here in GA is neutral and soft (GH:2 KH: 0), and the coral alone brought the pH up to 8.8-9 and GH to 5 and KH to 3.
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Cons of using crushed coral vs actual sand? I'm worried mostly about the particle size. Reply. ... Sep 5, 2024; Reef Aquarium Discussion; Replies 16 Views 219. Sep 6, 2024. crazyfishmom. C. L. Anemone basket substrate crushed coral/reef rubble. Lgara1303; Jul 21, 2024; Reef Aquarium Discussion; Replies 6 Views 124. Jul 21, 2024. …
The finer sand is okay in the mix, but the crushed coral will allow the jawifsh to construct a more solid enterance to its burrow. Both the crushed coral and …
It has been previously advised by several members to switch out my Crushed Coral for Sand, so I'm taking the plunge. I ordered 20 pounds of pink sand from brs for my 30 gallon talk. My current setup consists of a Octopus skimmer, Marineland Penguin 350 hob filter and a powerhead that i keep pointed moreso toward the top of the water at a …
I want to go SPS dominant on my current build and like the look of crushed coral. Home. ... I've had the following sand sifters sift my crushed coral: diamond goby. Watchman goby. Banded goby. Reply. ... Anemone basket substrate crushed coral/reef rubble. Lgara1303; Jul 21, 2024; Reef Aquarium Discussion; Replies 6 Views 143. Jul …