View Full Version : 5g bucket of Crushed Coral..
Mr Meaty
08-19-2007, 1:34 PM
A while back I bought a 55g from a friend who originally had his tank set up as SW. So when I recieved the tank it still had crushed coral in it. I removed the Crushed Coral and put it in a 5 gallon bucket. Its been in this bucket now for a little over a month now.
My question is....
I have a 30 gallon that is empty and I would like to use the crushed coral as my substrate, only thing is, Im doing FW. Will this work if I rinse the CC and try to remove most the salt?
Mr Meaty
08-19-2007, 2:11 PM
Insight? Anyone?
tarheels910
08-19-2007, 2:31 PM
Crushed coral is a good substrate for African cichlids.
jm1212
08-19-2007, 4:23 PM
it could work, but you may want to use it for filter media and get a different substrate.
Mr Meaty
08-19-2007, 7:39 PM
Crushed coral is a good substrate for African cichlids.
Ok so now Im kinda stuck in between on my question. You say its good and jm has his doubts. So is this gonna be a good idea or not? Come on guys, a little more help:help:
MySpace Mike
08-19-2007, 8:20 PM
Crushed coral is good as a substrate for Afircan Cichlids as said before, it can also be used as filter media too.
Weezer
08-19-2007, 8:34 PM
We use CC in the 80 ..............:)
Mr Meaty
08-20-2007, 10:47 AM
So the CC is A OK to go into my 30. Great! Thanks for everyones info. One more question, do I even need to rinse our the CC to try and remove the salt. I just read that the salt is ok for FW fish + my tank will be cycling for atleast 1 month before I can afford to put decor and fish in.
Mr Meaty
08-20-2007, 2:01 PM
62 views and only 7 replies! Come on guys, help a fellow hobbyist out!
will74
08-20-2007, 8:38 PM
I use crushed coral in my breeder tanks. Son as for that, It works. Before I used the crushed coral I would rinse it thoroughly and bake it in the oven to kill any organisms from the saltwater fish setup. 250 for a couple of hours should work fine. This is what i do to rocks that I find. Hope I helped!
Mr Meaty
08-20-2007, 9:40 PM
Ok. Ive never heard of baking Crushed Coral before, Ive heard of it with larger rocks but you would think the CC would be a little too small to bake? Any one else ever tried this method with CC. Not that I dont trust you will, just wanna get some more ideas. Thanks for your help