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sunny03

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  1. hi hi

    been reading a lot bot deep sand bed here i would like to know if i have a 23in by 11in by 14in tank and like to have a deep sand bed is 3in of sand is enough for the effect of the DSB ?? is it too much or less so far i still cant find any info that show how deep is the sand for a 2ft tank and some suggest 5in but their tank is much more bigger so i think is 3in enough ???

  2. :angry: SpiderOne just to let you know the sea is near my house i can affort to go everyday :pinch: if i dont take the sand sooner over the years they will sent a dradger to dradg the sand away

    it not that i cant affort it just that if you can save why not as for the environment den why dont you keep try keeping terrapins in a goldfish bowl yourselve cos you also keeping reef fish and corals ... dont tell me the corals can repoduce in farms ??? if can. can it support the whole lots of ppl buying it? as a word no demand there is no supply :angry: you just paying money to ppl to collect those LR and coral for you if you can save and i dont mind the effort to take the sand and water why not :angry:

    sorry guys is not that i wan to say this it is as i rear FW for so many years and as a newbie trying to save as much as i can :( trying to ask is it ok to take sand and water from sea in the end being frame it not being helpful at all :off:

  3. changfra for me i usually wash the sand with FW a few time den use warm or hot water to rinse the last time but from some books they suggest to boil the sand that for your info :rolleyes:

    as for Dazza i collecting the sand from the beach so far using it for my 2 4ft tank about 2" deep still ok just that it very heavy if no car , ;) me taking bus so need to traval lot of time to get the depth of sand i wan :upsidedown:

  4. i staying at sengkang so the sand collected will be at pounglo end there as they have just reclaim the beach and the sand if i not worng are brought from indo or malaysia the sand is pure white and very fine depend on which area of the deach you collecte it as for the water at certine time of the month the water there is very clean and clear that have to depend on the tides. because i go there often

  5. hihi

    as i read up a lot on setting up new marine tank. it always state that it need to cycle the tank but most of you all are turing FW to SW. however i am staying near the sea so i think of if i could use the SW and the sand collected there to cycle the tank so it might shorten the cycle time as i believe. however i knew that there is a risk of taking them as the sea might contain harmful pollutent etc. so question is it worth the risk of it or not. cos some ppl told me it ok to take from the sea you put in a few fish to try first if nothing happen den it save ??

    another way i could think of is some farm are selling SW at 1.5 to 2.0 dollars per bag so i think of mix them with the SW that i collected as when i mix it does not contain so much of pollutant etc.

    and if i collect the sand from beach can i wash it with FW and warm water to kill the germs first (that wat i do from my FW tank) den put into the tank but if i wash it with FW and warm water will the bact. on it die?? which i believe it will

    that all teh question i would like to ask now as i planing to change to marine fish

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