Silica Sand

Beau is hosting the January Meeting this coming Saturday the 14th at 6PM.  It will be BYOB as well as a snack to share and raffle items are always welcome.  It has been requested that there be “NO SHOES” on the carpet due to it being a whitish color.

He doesn’t have a tank to view but we will have plenty to discuss in hopes that it will get the NEW YEAR off to a good start.  The annual membership fees are due, so now would be a good time to get them in to our Treasurer Stacey Hahn.   Fees are $20 per individual or $25 per family

Attendance was low at the election meeting in November and no votes were taken at December’s meeting so we have decided to take votes for anyone that didn’t get the opportunity in November and will be attending this meeting.  
We will add the votes to November’s ballots and the announcement will be made during the meeting so we can go forward.
NOMINATIONS:
President:  Jim & Nacho
V. President: Ed, Bo & Daniel Leigey
Treasurer: Stacey
Secretary: Carmen & Angie

Let’s hope the New Year brings new members, returning members and new ideas.  The club is always willing to take suggestions to get the most out of the hobby we all enjoy.

Please PM Nate C. by clicking here for directions if you are not a club member.  

Club members can click here to go to the club member only forum to get directions.

Hope to see you all there!

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Am I the only one crazy enough to try Silica sand in their tank?

I've had my 65 up for 6 months with medium grain white silica sand from Home depot.. $4 for a 100lb bag.. So far no issues.. Even the Cerith snails love to dig around in it.

I dose Kalk (Ms Wangers) with the top off water. PH is stable.. Alk and Calcium are up where I want it.
No buffering problems, no massive diatom outbreaks.
Even my little SPS milliporia is growing under my little PC lights..

[The Apprentice]

One of the draw backs to Silica sand is if you have a low Ph drop due to low O2 IE lights go off or depleted calcium levels with Hi demand calcium users IE stony corals you have no buffering capacity, However If you had put aragonite sand ( Calcium based ) As the Ph drops the aragonite will In essence melt and release calcium into the water column.
If this is a Fish only tank you Would do fine. However with you stony corals do a ph check about 1 hour before your lights come on and see were its at.
Best of luck...Jeff

Am I the only one crazy enough to try Silica sand in their tank?

I've had my 65 up for 6 months with medium grain white silica sand from Home depot.. $4 for a 100lb bag.. So far no issues.. Even the Cerith snails love to dig around in it.

I dose Kalk (Ms Wangers) with the top off water. PH is stable.. Alk and Calcium are up where I want it.
No buffering problems, no massive diatom outbreaks.
Even my little SPS milliporia is growing under my little PC lights..