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06/15/2005, 07:43 PM
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Reef Substrate?? Too Late?
To All, i have a 10g reef tank that has been set up for about 3mo. I currently have a crushed coral base,and want to know if it is to late to remove it & replace it with live sand & if not what steps should i take to do this. I have a coral banded shrimp,two turbos,xenia,mushrooms,red brain,1 damsel. please help.I hate the crushed coral.
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06/15/2005, 07:47 PM
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suck it out!!!!!! It is never tooo late to get the nitrate trap out of your tank.
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06/15/2005, 07:51 PM
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should i remove everything from the tank &for how long should i leave it out
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06/15/2005, 07:55 PM
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You can siphon it out with some flexible tubing, then do a water change. Since you have a 10g, that might be pretty difficult. I would set up a little tub or bucket, transfer everything into that, take out the CC, put in sand (or leave it BB), then transfer everything back. Shouldn't take much more than 30mins, seeing as your tank is 10g, and not a lot of CC is in it.
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06/15/2005, 08:04 PM
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My lfs has this live sand that is black i dont know what kind it is have you ever used it or do you know anything about it.
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06/15/2005, 08:11 PM
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BB = Bare Bottom = No sand
If you want LS, then ask your LFS for a couple scoops from one of their tanks, if they have one. A cheaper alternative would be Southdown.
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07/11/2005, 11:11 AM
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I just swapped from CC to livesand this weekend. I set up a polishing filter and just did half of my tank at a time (moving liverock and scaring fish to the other side). I used a tupperware container to scoop out the CC. No real problems. The polishing filter was what helped me - within an hour the tank was crytal clear. Fish were not hurt, just a little mad for the whole tank being torn apart. Seems like everything is happy now (5 days later). I think the tank looks better personally, I say give it a shot. You could probably buy a 10lb bag of livesand for your tank and do just fine.
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