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I have been bare bottom since last November. Seems to have assisted me in maintaining a better overall tank with less maintenance. I like the look of sand though. Maybe if you can use the larger gravel type sand, so flow isnt an issue.
Once you start dosing larger quantities of soda ash and calcium chloride, you may want to consider an auto doser so you can does 4x a day, 10x a day to keep those numbers even more stable/consistent.
cant offer any more good info besides that, because I am where you are at...lol
Eric, it is partially the angles, and partially the coloration that you are seeing.
The slivers I am cutting are not huge, as this was an experiment I have heard about.
The 3 shrooms(1 pink stripper lips, and 2 sunkist bounce) are about the size of eraser heads at this point.
But with anything...
I had gotten some from Marc_C, and both times. Mine just withered away.
Only filtration I have is filter socks (Which I swap when they start overflowing) and a skimmer, but very dry skim. Takes 2 weeks+ to fill the cup.
Aside from when I feed reef roids 2 times a week, my tank has virtually non...
I've learned...Most people have a passion. Don't knock others. It's just not for you. I figured this out long ago when I was at Penn State and had an oddball group of friends. Some followed Formula 1, some followed the European Football(soccer) Leagues, other followed NASCAR, and some fathered...