Lexinverts Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 Catch Eli on September 15 with Reef Dudes: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexinverts Posted September 16, 2021 Author Share Posted September 16, 2021 That was great, Eli! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff.Tichenor Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 Indeed. Very interesting and informative! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMeyer Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 Thanks! Deven is a fun guy to talk to. Lots of interesting questions and went perfectly smoothly on the AV side as far as I could tell. Sounds like we'll do another one when we talk about his test results in a month or so. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClark Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 So... in SW WA, we are pretty close to the beach. Can we just grab sand or mud from a clean location on the beach? Or does it have to be tropical in nature? What about pests / parasites? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMeyer Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 I dunno. On the one hand, I am very skeptical that any of the tropical parasites we deal with in this hobby will be present in PNW marine sand/mud. I'd be more concerned about possible chemical pollution than parasites I think. On the other hand, I'm similarly skeptical about the survival of PNW marine bacteria in our tropical tanks. For whatever its worth, I visit the coast regularly, have been known to spend money on marine mud or sand, and have never bothered to bring home any PNW mud or sand into my tank. But lets not base this on gut feelings... if anyone is adding local mud or sand it would be fun to test before and after to see what effects it has! Certainly PaulB on R2R has had good success adding mud from Long Island Sound to his tank over the years... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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