caribsea oolite sand, good or bad?

[peter]

Probably going to redo my tank and add new live sand, so i was wondering what are your thoughts on the oolite grade. Im guessing it will get blown around but how badly?

 

[goliwala]

I had it in my 55 gal long and it took good 6+ months before it started to settle down. I never liked it because it was always all over my rocks. On top of that, my clowns would always blow it around and create a nice sandstorm in the tank. In my opinion, not good.

 

[F-Dawg]

Bad! Sand storm like everyday!

:no:

 

[touchingstoves]

+++ Agreed here. All my seahorses were covered with sand. Still are. I have to blow them ... Wait I have to brush them or use a turkey baster to clean them.


Ohana means family and family means no seahorse gets left behind.

 

[touchingstoves]

Tho, in my other tank, I used oolite but put a bit coarser sand on top of it. That seemed to help.


Ohana means family and family means no seahorse gets left behind.

 

[BluRocket3]

Don't even consider it, will be the biggest mistake you'll make by putting that sand in your tank. I've got numerous friends who say it's terrible

 

[Six2seven]

yea its too thin and will fly around everywhere. not worth it

 

[peter]

What about fiji pink?

 

[Bouncingsoul393]

Oolite bad? Um no. It's the best sand for DSBs. Let's not make such general blanket statements, we're doing a disservice by providing misinformation to people. It's a great sand for softy and LPS tanks with low flow. For tanks with higher flow, it may not be recommended because yes, it will be blown around.
I know someone that runs a four to five inch DSB with sugar fine oolitic sand, tropic marin bio-actif salt water only in his tank of mixed LPS, softies, and mostly LPS with great success it's one of the nicest tank I've ever seen. Here's a link showing a pic of said tank:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Afishionado-Aquarium-Services/200728799961868

 

[ndrwater]

No no no no no no no. Worst thing i ever did was Oolite. Been taking it out for almost the last year...

Fiji Pink better

 

[peter]

Think ima go with special grade... thinking about adding 80lbs my tank footprint is 36x18. Should i go 80 dry to save a couple of bucks or 40 dry and 40 live? Does it even make difference, i feel like live sand isnt that much live anyways.

 

[Reefcube29]

My cube is 24 by 24 and one 40 pound bag of special grade gave me exactly two inches front to back. I bought two bags and didn't even use the other. Stuff is spendy though. Over $70 for a 40 pound bag dry. If you head out this way I'll make you a deal on it.

 

[Scout]

Fiji pink is the way to go. You won't be disappointed. Don't do the oolite...

 

[BeanMachine]

Think ima go with special grade... thinking about adding 80lbs my tank footprint is 36x18. Should i go 80 dry to save a couple of bucks or 40 dry and 40 live? Does it even make difference, i feel like live sand isnt that much live anyways.

Go with all dry... and bum a cup of sand from another reefer. I have special grade and you wont be dissapointed.

 

[peter]

Go with all dry... and bum a cup of sand from another reefer. I have special grade and you wont be dissapointed.

Dry it is then. Do you think it will be a good idea to have it in a holding tank with some tank water from a w/c for a couple of weeks before i use it? Going to buy the sand next week but wont be redoing my tank for about a month

 

[BeanMachine]

Dry it is then. Do you think it will be a good idea to have it in a holding tank with some tank water from a w/c for a couple of weeks before i use it? Going to buy the sand next week but wont be redoing my tank for about a month

Personally all I would do would be to rinse it really well with RODI.

 

[peter]

Personally all I would do would be to rinse it really well with RODI.

Okay will do, thanks. Also do you put sand in your sump aswell?

 

[ngvu1]

I use crushed coral big chunks for the sump.

 

[BeanMachine]

Okay will do, thanks. Also do you put sand in your sump aswell?

No I dont. Not to say you cant. But there would be no point in my opinion unless it was a deep sand bed to get any real benefit from it.