Sand

[Guest mikesroth]

I found some OldCastle sand up in York this weekend.  I couldn't quite remember the rule of thumb on how much you need... so.... I bought 6 bags (never realized how heavy sand is until I did that. ).

 

Anyways, it is 1 pound of sand per gallon in the tank, or 1.5 or was it 2 lbs per gallon?

 

I figure if I have too much sand, I might just restart my old 29 gallon tank again.

 

Thanks,

 

Michael

[xeon]

Personally, I've never heard sand amounts being referenced against gallons of water.  IMO you have two choices; one a small amount for decoration and the other is a Deep Sand Bed, aka DSB.  Reefcentral has a DSB calculator where you can figure out how many pounds you will need to have a "x" deep sand bed.  I think the DSB depth for true usefullness is in the 4 to 8" range.  If the DSB is what you are shooting for, you might Google "Ron Shimek and Deep Sand Bed".  He has written a lot of info on this subject.

[Guest BigStun]

Reef central has a sand bed calculator HERE

[Guest mikesroth]

hmm.... I think I am starting to read TOO much as it is all blurring together... :D  There is a rule of thumb for rocks, right?

[Guest BigStun]

With rock...many people use the rule of thumb of about 1.5 lb of rock to every 1 gallon of water. I myself use 2, but that's just me.