SSB Question

[ereefic]

With a Shallow Sand Bed of 1", should the rock still be off of the sand or can it sit directly on the sand?

[leveldrummer]

depends on your fish really, if you have a burrowing animal its best to have the rock on the bottom of the tank, so push it as deep into the sand bed as possible, so they dont dig underneath and start a rock slide. but the elevating the rock is a different story all together, its a very good idea to put your rock on lifts just so you can get good flow underneath it. it will also stop lots of nasties from wicking up into your rock from your sand bed.

[Fly Guy]

It still is just as beneficial to have the rock off of the sand on a ssb as a dsb to prevent wicking of phosphates from the sand into the rock as well as help eliminate dead flow spots int he tank

I think stable lifts are important if you have burrowing fish as well.......then your rock pile wont shift as a result of their burrowing

[Wiskey]

Ya, I like drilling holes in the bottom of my rock and making 3 "Feet" out of cut up peices of plastic coat hanger. This is amost invisable, it's cheap, and it's eazy, plus the fish don't knock over the rock.

Whiskey

[ereefic]

Thanks, that's what I thought, just wanted to be sure.

One more question.

Would a finer sand or a little coarser sand work best?

I'm thinking either Special Seafloor Grade (coarser) or Aragamax Select (finer). Thoughts?