Substrate

[Teverson45]

In everyone's opinion should I stay away from crushed coral in my 90 gal? It will have a few fish in tank along with coral. I like how crushed coral looks but I don't want a issue with detritus building up in the substrate.

 

[mboley]

Lots of Reefers never vacuum their substrate with no negative issues. Hermit crabs, brittle stars, cucs, conches do the job. Years ago I had a 135 gallon tank with a finer substrate and a 240 with a course substrate. Never touched either, never any issues.

 

[Sophie"s mom]

In everyone's opinion should I stay away from crushed coral in my 90 gal? It will have a few fish in tank along with coral. I like how crushed coral looks but I don't want a issue with detritus building up in the substrate.

will you have and sand sifters, or sand sleepers in the tank? Like gobies, or wrasses? They will do much better in sand than crushed coral.

 

[WvAquatics]

I'm mixing 3 different substrates. Special garde, a little lighter, and crushed coral. Planning a mushroom garden on crushed coral and got about 70 lbs of the finer substrate for free. And about 70 lbs of special grade.

 

[Teverson45]

will you have and sand sifters, or sand sleepers in the tank? Like gobies, or wrasses? They will do much better in sand than crushed coral.

Not sure as far as fish go what I will have in the tank. I do have an anemone that I wonder about being in crushed coral .