5g bucket of Crushed Coral..

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Mr Meaty

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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?
 

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Insight? Anyone?
 

Mr Meaty

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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:
 

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We use CC in the 80 ..............:)
 

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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.
 

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62 views and only 7 replies! Come on guys, help a fellow hobbyist out!
 

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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!
 
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