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fishheadfred  Fish Addict Posts: 708 Kudos: 653 Votes: 12 Registered: 30-Jul-2003   | Do a search on deep sand beds and you will find many debates.I feel they ARE benificial.I have 5" in the sump and 4" in the tank.I have seen some with as much as 6" |
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| fishheadfred Fish Addict Posts: 708 Kudos: 653 Votes: 12 Registered: 30-Jul-2003 | Just use a few inches of Aragonite sand.This is a buffer and also provides some denitrification.although water changes are the best denitrification. |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:20 |  |
dthurs      Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 4340 Kudos: 4170 Votes: 529 Registered: 18-Feb-2003 | 2" to 3" is your best bet for sand depth. Less then that will not work as well, and more then that is only needed if you have fish that dig in the sand. I have an average of 2" in my tank and I get nitrogen bubbles all the time, and barly any reading on nitrates. Dan |
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