To Start a Salt tank....

[myjohnson]

Does live sand substituts live rock?

Lol, no. Stop being cheap nga.

[ometh]

Does live sand substituts live rock?

Rofl if you wanna save money just do a bare bottom tank. No sand just rocks and corals

[Ostentum]

Does live sand substituts live rock?

Not really. Live rock/live sand is a place for your denitrifying bacteria to populate and attach. There is much more areas for bacteria to populate on live rock. They are also safer and protected better in the rock then in the sand. When you see people talking about the cycle, the main purpose is to build up your bacteria population to the point that it can successfully convert any amount of ammonia into nitrogen.

[Ostentum]

Rofl if you wanna save money just do a bare bottom tank. No sand just rocks and corals

Alot of people do this in SPS tanks, since sand beds can cause more problems then benefits.

[R_sustaita]

Lol, no. Stop being cheap nga.

Oh, i wasnt asking this to save money. I want more swimming area thats why. And also cuz no one is selling lr. And lve sand is everywhere. I do want sand for be goby, can. Use lps? Or only live sand?

[Darbex]

I was going to say the same thing the eel will not go well with those others mentioned. And as a personally preference I stay away from all angels other then yellow spot and watanabi because will nip corals.

[R_sustaita]

I was going to say the same thing the eel will not go well with those others mentioned. And as a personally preference I stay away from all angels other then yellow spot and watanabi because will nip corals.

No intension of corals. Fowlr to start off.

[R_sustaita]

what salt brand would you recommend for a starter tank?

[johnnymisty]

Doesnt really matter if your doing fowlr if corals i like red sea coral pro

[TheHighestCrew]

red sea coral pro ftw

Welcome to the dark side bwahahaha!

I got a nano reef thinking I will just do the nano thing for a while. Wrong... Now I am doing a 90 reef tank lol. Saltwater is super addictive.

[R_sustaita]

LOL, I BEEN IN THE BORDER of Light and Dark side. i need 30+lbs of live rock and all i have is 14lbs.

i have:

sand
tank
stand
light
HOB Filter
water lol
14lbs live rock

Need:

16lbs of live rock
salt mix
cycle tank
fish

[TheHighestCrew]

you can get some dry rock for cheap and use the live rock you have to seed it. That is how I started my nano with one big piece of live rock form Jacob to seed the rest. Dry rock is gonna be a lot cheaper to find at an LFS. ReefCleaners has some dope dry rock. I am gonna get some for my 90.

[New_Cichlid11]

Its been a year and you still havent done this?

[R_sustaita]

you can get some dry rock for cheap and use the live rock you have to seed it. That is how I started my nano with one big piece of live rock form Jacob to seed the rest. Dry rock is gonna be a lot cheaper to find at an LFS. ReefCleaners has some dope dry rock. I am gonna get some for my 90.

my rock is dry so i need live to seed. sorry i forgot to mention that.

[R_sustaita]

Its been a year and you still havent done this?

yes sir indeed its been that long. My father passed in October and my Loan officer was diagnose with cancer stage 3 in november. we are in the middle of her fight! it sure has made this super slow for me. but patience is important for salt.