i have a 40B. the sand comes up to about 1/2" above the bottom trim of the tank. no real reason as to why i went with this amount, but it works for my wrasse, firefish, and pistol shrimp.
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Mostly 1 inches. Some spots the clownfish has ii at about 2 inches.Around 3-4" deep, as i have a ton of nems and most are sand dwelling.
Timely topic. I'm in the planning stage of building my second tank, a WB130 FOWLR. My first and current tank is a WB100.3 mixed reef. That display has 4-6" sandbed. I was going back and forth on the FOWLR as to whether to do a BB or sand. Read a lot of posts from wherever I could find them. I've decided that I will be doing a sandbed, probably 4-6" deep as the advantages of the biodiversity far outweigh the advantages I've seen with a BB. Also, I plan on using Marco dry rock on this new build - first build was live rock from LFS. If someone cares to convince me otherwise, I'm all earsHere's a topic we never talk about, Sand Depth.......NOT!! Well things changes, people change, ideas change so let's talk about it some more today! I personally love the look of sand. But how much is too much and how little is too little or does it even matter? Let's discuss!
1. How many inches of sand do you have in your reef aquarium?
2. Is there a reason that you chose the depth of sand that you did?
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I used to believe in hype of some much sand per gallon tank size yrs later I have come to the realization it is more of a personal choice what ever makes u happy for me just about 1 and a half inches so u can make mounds and hills and crevicesHere's a topic we never talk about, Sand Depth.......NOT!! Well things changes, people change, ideas change so let's talk about it some more today! I personally love the look of sand. But how much is too much and how little is too little or does it even matter? Let's discuss!
1. How many inches of sand do you have in your reef aquarium?
2. Is there a reason that you chose the depth of sand that you did?
image via @TriggerThis
What?! LolI had 6" DSB in my tank for years. Then I got my cat a litterbox instead and turned it into a reef tank. Good bye sand.
I think I’m going to add some more sand to mine. Do I risk kicking off a N cycle when I do this?1. Approximately 1.5-2" depth. In spots it's 0" and others it's probably 3" or more (we can thank the "diggers" for that).
2. My LFS only had 3x 40lb bags of CaribSea Oolite, otherwise I probably would've added a fourth (I may still yet at some point down the road just to top the sand up in spots).