Martin in China Posted March 30, 2015 Posted March 30, 2015 What would be the best way to go for? Sand (substrate) in from day one or rather leave the sand out until the tank is cycled. In Holland it seems that they like to leave the sand out until fully cycled, but most Australian and American websites (and YouTube) seem to advertise to get your sand in. What are your opinions on this?
righttirefire Posted March 30, 2015 Posted March 30, 2015 I cycled dry sand with live rock for start up
gulfsurfer101 Posted March 30, 2015 Posted March 30, 2015 You'll experience more diatomes longer than necessary by waiting. When I have so start up a tank, I'll fill it 3/4 of the entire system then just drop my rinsed sand right in and toss in the rock and fill up the rest if I have to ands start it up. The water clears pretty quick to crystal clear overnight. I've added sand to a bb tank I got tired of looking at with no sand and ended up dealing with diatomes to small amounts of red slime algae.
Martin in China Posted April 1, 2015 Author Posted April 1, 2015 More reaction are welcome....although I am thinking of going to start with sand, it just looks better to me.
dillct Posted April 4, 2015 Posted April 4, 2015 Depends on how clean your live rock is. If a bit on the dirty side, I'd wait until adding the sand.
Martin in China Posted April 9, 2015 Author Posted April 9, 2015 Sand is in Also starting to scape a bit...need more live rock.
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