Need an opinion guys and gals

[Montaquelaveist]

Hello guys and gals need your opinion on something so i'm upgrading to a 220 from my 120 and im going with a lighter sand bed so my question is which sand bed color should i get the choices are below the tank will be sps dominate Acros in particular looking to make the tank as beautiful as i can as it will be my main piece in my dining room so be honest which would look better wanna get the sand ASAP

 

[Tonyscoots84]

Ive always liked pink fiji

 

[duke62]

SPS dominant go bare bottom or cutting board you won't regret. LPS and softies sure go sand. All the research I did before setting up my tank led me to no sand

 

[Montaquelaveist]

SPS dominant go bare bottom or cutting board you won't regret. LPS and softies sure go sand. All the research I did before setting up my tank led me to no sand

i was thinking that what if i just put less than a 1/2 inch of sand just enough to cover the bottom

 

[duke62]

Honestly man. Coraline took over the cutting board in 3 weeks. I dont even notice it anymore. Anytime you want to take a look come by. I have reefers that come that dont notice till i tell them

 

[Montaquelaveist]

Honestly man. Coraline took over the cutting board in 3 weeks. I dont even notice it anymore. Anytime you want to take a look come by. I have reefers that come that dont notice till i tell them

cool what part of LI are you in maybe this weekend

 

[ian_wagz]

i went with both. added 2 bags each and mixed them up really well before added my live stock. It gives your tank a way different appearance compared to the average reef aquarium. Also at night, the white sand specs out through the black which gives an awesome effect! good luck

 

[duke62]

I am in Lindenhurst

 

[TUSI]

I guess you don't have wrasses that sleep in sand duke

 

[duromega]

 

[duke62]

Well thats a decision you have to make. Do you want your SPS to have a extremely clean tank to grow fast and colorful or have wrasses that sleep in the sand. I have wrasses and they do not mind no sand. They swim all day eat like pigs and when lights are off they find a place to sleep. Or you can get a small tubberware like many people do and hide it behind the rocks with some sand in it. Or get sand and fight nitrates and PO4 which is fine for softies and LPS but not for SPS especially acros. The OP wanted to know about sand in a dominant SPS tank and more acros not about his wrasses and how they will do in each type of sand. This is the best answer i can give from all the research i did on having a flourishing acro tank

 

[TUSI]

I'm sorry duke all he asked what color sand cause he wants to get it soon. I have an SPS dominant tank and probably the nicest tank in Long Island as I'm told by a lot of professionals had sand from the beginning and never had a problem with nitrates and phosphates cause its maintained properly. Don't take it personal it was just a question

 

[duke62]

Didnt realize i wrote something nasty? What am I taking personally? And i didnt say you cant have a nice SPS tank with sand,Im sure your tank is nice, But to choose between a easier way to control no3 and po4 vs the harder way starting a new tank i choose the easier way I lost a bunch of acros that i feel was from my sandbed realeasing po4 or some type of bacteria. Tusi didnt you just have the same thing happen to you? You couldnt figure it out either. And i have read of many expierenced SPS keepers have the same problems and the main culprit was something leaching from a old sand bed. Your choice

 

[piranhapat]

I always like pink sand. But than I put black and natural in my tank. But like Duke said bare bottom might be better choice down the road.

 

[vio]

I always like pink sand. But than I put black and natural in my tank. But like Duke said bare bottom might be better choice down the road.

+1, love the pink sand, i will vote for that, but prefer BB, Duke and piranhapat is 100% right.

 

[Montaquelaveist]

so ive taken all your input into consideration and i cam to this conclusion i will run mostly BB what my plan is going to be is to place all my live rock where i want it and then just place just enough fiji pink to just lightly cover the bottom of the tank as i calculated it out it wont even be 1/3" thick it will literally be just a light sanding to cover over the glass this way it shouldnt affect the NO3 or PO4

 

[duke62]

Only problem with a light sandbed is your leaving a chance for something to fall and possible craching the bottom of the tank or having a pressure pont somewhere on your ocks to cause a crack

 

[mbg75]

I'm sorry duke all he asked what color sand cause he wants to get it soon. I have an SPS dominant tank and probably the nicest tank in Long Island as I'm told by a lot of professionals had sand from the beginning and never had a problem with nitrates and phosphates cause its maintained properly. Don't take it personal it was just a question

Tank pic?

 

[ravi197699]

pink fiji but again choose what you like to see in your tank you are the one who is going to look at it everyday ....

 

[Montaquelaveist]

pink fiji but again choose what you like to see in your tank you are the one who is going to look at it everyday ....

true just trying to get some ideas