how many pounds of southdown/live sand for 75g tank?

[peanut1181]

How many pounds of southdown are needed to put a 4" DSB in a 75g tank? How many pounds of live sand do I need to seed this with? Thanks for the help.

Gray

 

[danmhippo]

Assuming your tank is 48"L x 20"W and you need 4" depth, you will need about 200 pounds of SD. If you want to use wet live sand on top of the SD to prevent SD from floating to the top and cloud the whole tank for 2 weeks, then use about 160 pounds of SD and 40lbs of LS. This is just an approximate guesses.

You can use www.purearagonite.com , they have a sand bed calculator that will help you determin how much sand you need.

 

[Anonymous]

Well I can tell you this, I put 200 lbs of southdown in a 75 gallon tank and it gave me a bed which went anywhere from round 8 inches in high spots to 5 inches in lows. 100lbs and then some coarser substrate on top should be more than enough.

Lemme go dig up some pics.

 

[Anonymous]

ok here are some pics.

This one is with 100lbs in the tank and the next 100lbs getting ready.

Here is one after 200lbs of southdown and about 30lbs of a coarser substrate laying on top.

And another.

100lbs and then some should do you just fine.

 

[Syris]

150 Lbs of SouthDown gave me 4-5" DSB in my 75G

HTH
Later

 

[IcantTHINKofONE]

Syris, whats that tube in your overflow?

 

[Syris]

Its a modified Durso Standpipe. Keeps the gurgle noise down in the overflow.

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http://www.rl180reef.com/frames.htm