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So I have my AP,I have 20 pounds of Ocean Direct LS and would like to know if a 2 inch sand bed is too much/ I am clueless other than deeper sand collect detritus but there are benefits.

What should I do on this ? So should I use my whole bag or just use like half or :wacko:

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Naturalreef

Not so convinced on the benefits of a deeper bed in a nano... The bigger the sand bed, the more water displaced. I went from a inch and a half sand bed in my other tank to a half inch in my new tank which I like much better. But it really comes down to asthetics unless you have sand dwelling critters which need a deeper bed...which "look" do you prefer?

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I have no clue :) I have minimal preferences I'd love to eventually buysea cucumbers and all those sand burrowing organisms but on the other hand I do not want negative effects.

What I'm saying is I'd rather use all the sand but if there are significant negative effects I'll go shallow. Asthetically speaking I don't care,I'm trying to be practical :)

The bed if I use the whole back should be an inch. (I mixed things up not 2 inches,dyslexia. The bag was saying 2 inches a gallon if I did 2 pounds a gallon duh)

Whats the "typical" sand bed depth for the average nano ?

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I'm going one inch the black rim on the bottom of my AP24 hides most of the sand anyways..

Thanks :D

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