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[jimR]

is anyone using crushed coral for the substaight in a reef tank? Or is is just wrong to not go with LS even if the refugium has LS?
Snails have trouble getting across the crushed coral rubble and fall over.

 

[rxonco]

You'll find that those who use a substrate will tend to opt for sand.

 

[Guest]

you can get a larger size sand. The fine sand gets blown around everywhere and gets everywhere, I dislike the fine sand.

 

[CBBSteve]

Hi, jimR.
The problem with crushed coral is that it turns into a detritis trap and will fuel all kinds of algae and cyano problems. I prefer the fine sand, 0.1 mm to 0.5 mm in size.

Good luck,