Hello all!
I'm upgrading my crabs to a 20 long and was wondering if someone could give me an idea of how much substrate I'll need
I usually use the bricks of ecoearth but if buying it premise is is the way to go I will
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Bricks are always cheaper than loose. It's more time consuming tho!
I have a 29G. It's the same floorprint of a 20L just 6" taller. I used a 50 lb bag of sand and 4 bricks. This gave me a total of 7.75" after a couple months of settling (I started with 9"). Keep in mind my setup is not 5:1 ratio (sand:ee).... A 5:1 ratio would be 100 lbs (2 - 50 lb bags) sand to 1 brick.
Edit- you could prob use a bag of sand and one brick for a good 6".
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I have a 29G. It's the same floorprint of a 20L just 6" taller. I used a 50 lb bag of sand and 4 bricks. This gave me a total of 7.75" after a couple months of settling (I started with 9"). Keep in mind my setup is not 5:1 ratio (sand:ee).... A 5:1 ratio would be 100 lbs (2 - 50 lb bags) sand to 1 brick.
Edit- you could prob use a bag of sand and one brick for a good 6".
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wodesorel
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50 pounds of sand is just shy of 5 gallons
1 block of EE is about 1 gallon
In a 20 long to get 6 inches of substrate you would need at least 10 gallons worth, but more is good! It'll settle over time.
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1 block of EE is about 1 gallon
In a 20 long to get 6 inches of substrate you would need at least 10 gallons worth, but more is good! It'll settle over time.
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Would it be possible to add this "math" to the substrate guide? This is gold! To work out "gallonage" of sub, all you need is the footprint x "height of substrate wanted".... And from there, you just plug the numbers away!wodesorel wrote:50 pounds of sand is just shy of 5 gallons
1 block of EE is about 1 gallon
In a 20 long to get 6 inches of substrate you would need at least 10 gallons worth, but more is good! It'll settle over time.
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I second this! This is actually really helpful when determining how much sand/EE to buy.aussieJJDude wrote:Would it be possible to add this "math" to the substrate guide? This is gold! To work out "gallonage" of sub, all you need is the footprint x "height of substrate wanted".... And from there, you just plug the numbers away!wodesorel wrote:50 pounds of sand is just shy of 5 gallons
1 block of EE is about 1 gallon
In a 20 long to get 6 inches of substrate you would need at least 10 gallons worth, but more is good! It'll settle over time.
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I just figured out that for my new tank I'm going to need ~63 gallons of sub which means I only bought about half of what I need & I'm glad to have figured this out now so I can go buy more sand while it's on sale.