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I have an empty tank and a piece of dead coral. I have a heater that was handed down with the tank. I'm confused with live sand and live coral. What would you use as a substrate that might have benefits to help keep the tank balanced? Do you think 2 tiny fish and 2 shrimp would be possible?
I would get some dry rock for your tank and some live sand. Live sand is just sand that has beneficial bacteria in it. Dry rock is gonna be the best bet because the tank is so small that any pests in live rock could be very bad.
 

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I would get some dry rock for your tank and some live sand. Live sand is just sand that has beneficial bacteria in it. Dry rock is gonna be the best bet because the tank is so small that any pests in live rock could be very bad.
I disagree I’ve seen plenty of clowns house in 5-8g
Welcome aboard. We are discussing real sea water ,tangs,wrasses, angels and surfers. All this may or may not be entering an 8 gal tank
 

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Who said that that would be ok?!?!
The 8 gallon is long gone. They now have a 28, a 32 and are setting up a 60 gallon. Welcome to the thread.
 
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8g fts
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Bringing home about 10lbs of rock from the ocean. Also 1/2 gallon of ocean water. Curious to see if anything pops out of them.
That is awesome. Nothing like some real fresh diversity! Cannot wait to see what pops out.
 

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