sand

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I have given away all my books on basic aquarium setups, and now I'm ready to put sand and water in my new tank tomorrow. I don't know how many pounds of sand and gravel I need to get 2-3 inches. The new tank is 6 feet long by 30" wide. While I'm here any recomedations for a protein skimmer. The tank is 230 gal. I've been seeing the Turbofloter needle wheel hyped in the big supply store catalogs and was wondering if anybody had tried them.


Thanks, Andy

[hummer]

i have 100 lbs of llve sand in my 55 gal its almost 5 inch deep and 20 in my refuge its 2 inch deep in it

i have a berlen turbo in my sump i think its good ...but it a in sump one big foot print 6" X11 " .so u my want the over the back one too save space

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100lbs. in a 55 is 5" deep so I guess 200lbs. should be close to 2-3 inches. Thanks Hummer

[roadcrew]

your gonna be closer to 300 pounds i think.
heres a cool calculator
http://www.reefcentral.com/calc/SandBed.php