The Live Rock ended up arriving on an earlier flight, and was delivered to my house around 12:00pm EST today! Here’s the progress we’ve made today… First off we put 320 lbs. (145 kg) of crushed coral sand to create a 4 inch (~10 cm) deep sand bed. Then we opened the boxes and selected the best piece ...

21 days ago · Itay's World · itaysworld.com/blog by Itay 1 reference

A refugium is, as the name implies, a refuge where many tiny life forms can escape the hungry attentions of fish. The refugium is often a DSB ( deep sand bed) with macro algae planted. This way it serves two purposes - as said, it is a refuge and it also assists with the maintenance of high water qu ...

151 days ago · Aquarists Online | ... · aquaristsonline.com by John Cunningham 7 references

Cryptic zones really interest me. Of course everything in relation to this wonderful hobby is of interest to me but there is something about life growing in complete darkness which I find exceptionally fascinating. A cryptic zone is effectively a place in the aquarium or another aquarium connected t ...

157 days ago · Aquarists Online | ... · aquaristsonline.com by Peter Cunningham 7 references