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    Posted: September 24 2003 at 9:16am
I am in the process of putting a hang on the back acrylic refugium together and would like to know what you all think about substrate options.
Has anyone out there tried the miracle mud or any or the like products?
What is the best substrate to use and how deep should it be?
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MM is a waste of money. Here is a picture.

It's mostly silica sand.
You could get mud from your yard and it would be just as useful.
I use the same substrate as in my tank. Utah Oolitic sand with a CaribSea Special Grade Aragonite cover layer.
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Carib-Sea Aragamud is the best for Refugia's. Its sugar-sized and has iron in it for plant and algae growth. It is NOT the same as miracle mud.
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Marcus, How much does that cost?

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I don't know off the top of my head, about $30 for 30lb I think.
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Marcus, or any others
There is also a product by caribsea called mineral mud $19.00/gal. Have you heard anything about it? I saw the araga-mud it runs about $20.00 for 30lbs.
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I have a bucket of some Utah Oolitic sand that you can have.  It just needs to be cleaned out.  I'm up in Logan if would like it just send me a PM
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That's a very reasonable price for mud if it's even a little better than dirt from my backyard!

I also have acquired extra buckets of Utah Oolitic. Seems we get over-zealous when collecting! Some of it will be at the Coral Propagation meeting on Thursday along with extra Utah Aragonite Rock.
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