sand depth ?

[xsdbs]

good evening, well I have my new tank setup and running without any crushed coral but with sand as advised here. I was at the lfs today buying some more live rock and I was telling the salesman about my new setup. He said that I shouldn't go more than 1-1.5 inch in depth but I thought that someone said that to an extent deeper is better. Have I messed up, I have about 3.5 inches in depth and before I go much further on my tank with the rock layout if needed I should remove some sand now. Thanks in advance for any help here.

 

[blackwolfXKAV]

depending on how much room you want to use, you could go w/ a dsb.

these might help:http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=84361

i know you dont have crushed coral, but jsut scan through that, max can be somewhat obsesssive about CC. (lol, max)

Good luck!

Wolf

 

[xsdbs]

blackwolfxkav

thanks for that link, I knew I had read about the sand depth, my tank is 150 gallon and is 60x24x24 so I don't mind giving up some depth. AHHHH now I can continue with my seascape.

 

[blackwolfXKAV]

150 gallons of marine tANK....

http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/member.php?u=44094

 

[Max]

nothing wrong with 3.5 inches of sand. You might want to go up another inch for a deep sand bed it just depends on what you want. I'm glad that it's starting to shape up for you next stage is the fun part. I hate c.c. b.w. lol.

 

[Lorna]

The finer the sand you use the less needed to effectively work as a dsb. Here is a great article on the values of a dsb...

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/deepsandbeds.htm