the carrib sea stuff is what I used to supplement my sand bed. but its
soooooo expensive.
$40 fer 20 lb bag
yea I use ro/di, I use spectra pure. I know bio balls have an effect on
no3, not po4, was just sying that I removed them, due to they can pick up
detrius
> [Original Message]
> From: Marty Boeckman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 7/2/01 2:17:42 PM
> Subject: Re: sand
>
>
> > I went to home depot lastnight and the sand they had wasnt white at all.
> > I said playsand but was mostly brown in color. is this the same stuff
you
> > are talking about?
>
> I didn't mention any sand in particular. CaribSea Aragamax is the kind
> of stuff you want in the tank.
>
>
> > and 4 vho 110w actinics. I recently moved the lights to 18 inches over
the
> > water from less than 10 inches. So i have to play the waiting game and
see
> > if that helps.
>
> It won't. Most of the corraline that comes in on the live rock that we
> import comes from deeper water. You want coralline? You gotta use less
> light.
>
> > Im sure mt po4 is off the chart, I upped my water changes to 20% a week
and
> > started po4 remover pads in sump.. I did take out the bioballs in the
sump.
> > they werent in the sump long maybe 3 weeks tops. I just didnt take them
out
> > when I got a new sump.
>
> The bio-balls have no effect on phospahte.
>
> Make sure that your top-off water is good. Do you use RO/DI?
>
> Marty
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