Deep Sand Beds and Aragomax

[marcom50]

I was looking at the caribsea aragomax, there is a lfs that will sell it to me at cost. So he says. What do you guys think about what grade to use? They have:

Caribsea Aragamax 30lb
Caribsea Aragamax Oolitic Select 30lb
Caribsea Florida Crushed Coral 40lb
Caribsea Seaflor FijiPink 18lb
Caribsea Seaflor Flamingo 18lb
Caribsea Seaflor Sp Grade 40lb

He was recommending going with the Caribsea Seaflor Sp Grade 40lb, because if there was alot of water movement the Aragamax would create a problem.
I have also been told to go with a mixture of 1/3 of each:Aragamax, oolitic, and seafloor.

What do you guys think???

Thanks,

[Reefland]

Here is a thread that will interest you. SPASSE is famous for his DSB recipes. ;)

http://www.reefland.com/cgi-bin/foru...light=Caribsea

Check out the third post down.

Scott Z.

[marcom50]

Thanks for the info,
Marco

[TooFar2Sea]

I am very happy with the CaribSea Aragamax Sugar-Sized Oolite. I get it in 30 lb bags at high cost.

[RWD]

I depends on what you are trying to do. For a true dsb then I would use the sugar sized oolitic. It WILL blow around for a few days but settle down after it gets a bio-film on it and sticks together. The coarser gravel will trap a lot of crap and you can end up with algae problems down the road. Bob