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So. After hearing so much bad and good about garf grunge, I decided to give it a try. It arrived today and I was pretty excited to see what came with it. There was plenty of good packaging and the box was not wet. Grunge came double bagged and the first bag was punctured. I ordered 3 lbs. There were heating/cooling packs. and over all, packaging impression
10/10
After opening the garf grunge i notice a sizable amount of cheato (no pic yet).
There are large chunks of coral skeleton bits and what looks like dark, gravelly Monterey beach sand. I didn't see any live "macro" organisms just with the bag out.
Looks: 5/10
So now is the part when I dumped it in the tank. I didn't do any acclimation at all as I recall that's what others seemed to have done. After dumping it looks like a black snow storm. I see a 3 gallon water change in the near future
Tank: fluval evo xxii, already established with fish and coral (mostly softies with one torch as the only non softie)
Now I see a thin silty layer on the sand which I will clean very soon.
Impression from this above: 4/10
I'm sure conditions will improve. Update on if my tank crashes soon
10/10
After opening the garf grunge i notice a sizable amount of cheato (no pic yet).
There are large chunks of coral skeleton bits and what looks like dark, gravelly Monterey beach sand. I didn't see any live "macro" organisms just with the bag out.
Looks: 5/10
So now is the part when I dumped it in the tank. I didn't do any acclimation at all as I recall that's what others seemed to have done. After dumping it looks like a black snow storm. I see a 3 gallon water change in the near future
Tank: fluval evo xxii, already established with fish and coral (mostly softies with one torch as the only non softie)
Now I see a thin silty layer on the sand which I will clean very soon.
Impression from this above: 4/10
I'm sure conditions will improve. Update on if my tank crashes soon