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Substrate question for all you ceph keepers

Thales;105879 said:
Hijack alert! There is often sand near corals in a real reef setting. I think the idea of a natural looking tank with sand isn't that it actually looks more natural, rather it is what we have come to expect to see at the bottom of aquariums. :biggrin2:

Yes, it does look better with sand. Ideally, for tank design I prefer barebottom, but that is less natural than just sand.
 
We use fine sand (not sugar) it is a mix between Haitian black moon sand and aragalive black and white sand
we didn't have enough black sand for the larger tank because it used be in a smaller tank... so for this tank it was live to start with and then we add the only black sand we could find but it was live too...

the sand bed is 1 - 1.5 inches

we have just shells of hermits that have been eaten and then a few bigger shells and then Rigby's toys...

he doesn't really seem to be on the sand much... he is still pretty shy and just moves from rock to rock... but no problems...
 

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