Live Sand questions

It will all do the same!!! You really can't put a time frame on how quickly the worms etc. will populate your benthic area of your tank! It will depend on many variables all of which will lead to the overall health of the population! Things such as food, Dissolved oxygen, organisms that feed on the particular organisms you are trying to raise, water parameters and things along that line! If conditions remain stable and water quality, is up to speed so to speak, your population of beneficial worms, bacteria, burrowing organisms etc. should grow, reproduce and flourish rather quickly!
As geekdafied pointed out, try spreading out the different types of aragonite so as to speed up the process.

 

Cool, thanks guys by the way I have a 90 gal tank and I want 3 inches of substrate. I think 130 will give me that.

Hey Geekdafied,

Your correct I was still gonna dose the tank with calcium to mantain proper levels, so I wasn't just gonna count on the calcium from the sand, thanks. And thanks for the idea of seeding my tank by diggin holes, how many holes did you dig and how far apart were they? Just want to know how you did it.

Hey Tangster,

to be honest that wasn't the selling point to the sand and thanks for the info on the minerals appreciate it dude.

You guys are great very good info for me.

 

I used about 20lbs, dug about 10 or so 3" holes 1-2"s deep just in various places in a tank. I didnt have any pattern to it cause there isnt really a pattern in the wild, lol. I didnt know much then, and a lot of what I was told was incorrect, but I know better know. One of the few things I did know then was seeding is an excellent way to jump start your tank. I also used about 30lbs of live rock to help speed things along. I also ordered 60lbs of fiji liverock direct from fiji, after I scrubbed all the visible decay off it, I tossed it into the tank, and in about 5 weeks from the start of the tank, everything was perfect.

I know a lot of people on will disagree with me on this, but I can help what works, lol.... You have to feed your liverock to keep it "alive". Most organisms on liverock are filter feeders. I also dose my tank with spectra vital, and now that liverock I ordered from fiji has tons of life you cant buy in a store. I now have all different kinds of feather dusters, tunicates, macroalgae, tons of pods, stomatella's and if Im not mistaken, some abalones.

 

Awesome! thanks geekdafied that's all I want for my tank perfection, I will be doing the same on my 90 gal next month.

Thanks again dude.

 

Hey Geekdafied,

One more thing can I use live sand with worms and stuff to cycle my tank?

 

I seriously dont think that would do it, it might do a mini cycle, you need to add some type of damsel/chromis. Something pretty hard to kill, preferably something you would want a year from becuase its pretty hard to get them out later. I hope that answers your question, didnt exactly understand it. Cause you could have meant , is it ok to have them while cycling, which is, and they will benefit from it as while assuming nothing gets out of hand. The bacteria will multiply greatly during this time to catch up the wastes of your fish. Thats why its always good to add fish slowly, so you dont overload your bacteria, slowly give them time to catch up with the extra bioload the fish cause.


oh yeah, no thanks needed homie, We are all here to help. we have all been there.

 

Thanks again dude.