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    Getting excited about starting my first tank, lots of questions

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    I would NOT discount something because it is not integratable with apex. Gyres are awesome and have a very very customizable controller. If EVERYTHING is controlled by your apex and it has a problem.. then everything doesnt work.

    I know it's a seductive idea but I have seen people loose functionality just for the sake of being able to program something themselves.

    Other comments.. live sand is just sand that they add bacteria too. Buy dry sand and bacteria...much cheaper.

    Tropic marine salt is Very pricey and the advantage is debatable.

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    I dont know where I stand on it. On one hand, you have the "how can it be a decent review if they are getting paid" but on the other hand, YouTube channel takes a lot of effort to grow an audience, the value is in the subscribers, so in one hand, you are paying for advertising which all companies have to do.

    The same thing happens in every industry. Have you ever read an honest car review from an auto magazine?

    There is an old adage for a reason... you have to spend money to make money. You could have the greatest product in the world...but if nobody knows about it....

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    Is this a stupid idea?

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    That is a good question. I will probably just put it on top.of the "fill slope". Only because I am gluing, screwing, ziptying, and concreting my aquascape together this time. I had a whole arch full of acros fall in my last tank, not going to happen this time.

    Maybe I will just fill it with marine pure blocks..that would only be like 2k. Lol

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    Is this a stupid idea?

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    I have been thinking about my next tank when my house finally sells, and I keep thinking that I want to do something different.

     

    It will be an 8x4x30 in wall. I am not thrilled with the idea of an inwall tank but whatever, my job is to make it super cool.

     

    So, I have this thought that I would use one of the principle tenants of aquascaping and slope the sand bed towards the rear. If I build the back up 8" then front to back it would have a 10 degree slope.

     

    This would create a greater sense of depth and also serve to highlite anything I placed on the sand bed because the whole sandbed would be exposed.

     

    I started a thread on 2r2 about what to fill this space with..bricks, cement, gravel, life rock? Seems like sand and water in pvc tubes is the best idea so far.

     

    But.. have you ever seen an angled sand bed? I just dont really want a boring 4' deep tank.

     

    Thoughts? Comments? I wish crabby was still here. He would know the answer, he knew the answer to everything.

     

    Cheers.

     

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