Wes888
Reef enthusiast
I've noticed that a lot of tank pictures showing the rocks are leaning on the back glass, especially the bigger tanks and they all look very nice as well. So, the question is to lean or not to lean.
Aragonite sand WILL NOT dissolve in a SW aquarium unless your pH is around 7.2 or lower. If you have sand dissolving, chances are nothing is alive in your tank. Just think how a calcium reactor works. You need to inject co2 into the water in the reactor to lower the pH so the aragonite media will dissolve.don't do it. As sand slowly disolves and critters shift sand around the weight may change and put too much pressure on the glass. More than one tank has busted becuase of a LR avalanche.
Aragonite sand WILL NOT dissolve in a SW aquarium unless your pH is around 7.2 or lower. If you have sand dissolving, chances are nothing is alive in your tank. Just think how a calcium reactor works. You need to inject co2 into the water in the reactor to lower the pH so the aragonite media will dissolve.
FWIW, I've always and still do have my rock against the back glass. Been doing it like that for over 20 yrs and never had any issues.
Interesting. I've heard so many times on this and other websites that sand will slowly dissolve over time although not as fast as it would if the Ph were low.
I go against the grain. I do not have any rocks touching any glass.
The main reason I have chosen this is to give my fish more room to swim around the rocks. I prefer an island of rocks. I takes a bit move moving them around to get them stable, but my fish are much happier.
i was wondering, if you put down a layer of the eggcrate material, then put down your rocks, and then filled in with sand, and also stand up a sheet of the eggcrate up on the back wall, and then lean(and even tie to if you wanted to) the rocks to it...would that help stop some of the worries about the rocks hitting, breaking and or scratching a tank?