Toys R Us Playsand Any Good For Marine

[bae1994]

is toys r us playsandd any good for marine

 

[Truck]

Don't see any problems, apart from that it wont raise your PH, but your rock should take care of that.

 

[bae1994]

ahh #40## i was thinking of having fish only with a little ocean rock

ok thanks

 

[RegalTang]

How does marine sand buffer the PH of the water? Its not like its being dissolved? I never got that.


As for play sand and ocean rock, I have the exact same set up and its going really well. You can use different kinds of marine algae to add the splashes of colour that you wont get now you don't have corals.

 

[bae1994]

ok thanks

 

[Truck]

How does marine sand buffer the PH of the water? Its not like its being dissolved? I never got that.


As for play sand and ocean rock, I have the exact same set up and its going really well. You can use different kinds of marine algae to add the splashes of colour that you wont get now you don't have corals.

It does dissolve, but very slowly.

 

[RegalTang]

How does marine sand buffer the PH of the water? Its not like its being dissolved? I never got that.


As for play sand and ocean rock, I have the exact same set up and its going really well. You can use different kinds of marine algae to add the splashes of colour that you wont get now you don't have corals.

It does dissolve, but very slowly.

Even at such a alkaline PH? Hmmm interesting.

Is it enough to actually effect the PH in a significant way? with things like waterchanges etc

Although thats going off of the topic, maybe I should just google it lol

 

[Truck]

When filling a marine tank the water is somewhere around ph7 both sand and rock will buffer the ph up to around 8.2, also the salt will raise it too. Can't see play sand being a problem either way

 

[bae1994]

also truck do you know about pond liner and if its ok as a marine sump i dont see why it wouldnt be

 

[Truck]

Pond liner will he fine.

 

[bae1994]

awsomee thanks