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August 31st, 2008, 08:31 PM
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Adding sand...
Is it safe to slowly add sand at the bottom of my tank if the bag is almost touching the bottom? There's some patches that get low that I would like to fill. Also I hear that it's bad to let air touch your sand coming out of the bag... what are your thoughts?
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August 31st, 2008, 08:33 PM
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Re: Adding sand...
Air touching your sand won't hurt. And what you propose to do is perfectly fine.
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August 31st, 2008, 09:24 PM
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Re: Adding sand...
The easiest way is to take a scrap peice of 3" PVC pipe and use a funnel at the end sticking out of the tank and than put the sand in the pipe and let it slide the sand to the bottom.
Current Aquarium(s) Description: 55 gallon/20 gallon sump/Aquactinics TX5/LPS/SPS Experience in Saltwater & Reef Aquarium Hobby: 3 years Other Intrests: My truck, wakeboarding, and golf. I also enjoy working....
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September 1st, 2008, 12:02 AM
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Re: Adding sand...
If it's live sand I use a soda bottle. I cut off the bottom. fill it up. Slowly put in tank,. Lower to where I want the sand to drop and unscrew lid. Sand falls into place.
Current Aquarium(s) Description: 120 with 30 sump Aquatinic Constellation T5 lighting Coralife Super Skimmer Koralia 2/3 Experience in Saltwater & Reef Aquarium Hobby: 2 years and counting Other Intrests: Pig collector, Gardening
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September 1st, 2008, 04:28 AM
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Re: Adding sand...
All 3 methods work great.
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September 2nd, 2008, 04:49 AM
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Re: Adding sand...
At the risk of repeating myself - I had a catastrophe (my first, and so far only) caused by adding live sand to an established tank. All my vertebrates died within 2 weeks of adding about 2 cups of the stuff to the established sand bed... my lesson learned was - add "dead" sand when you need to...
Current Aquarium(s) Description: 1 55 Gal Marine Aqua-C Remora, 2 powerheads, Whisp. Filter, Nova T-5 Extreme light, Kent RO/DI water Experience in Saltwater & Reef Aquarium Hobby: 15 months Other Intrests: Computers, technology, photography, gardening, cooking, art, music, films/TV, books, travel, nature
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September 2nd, 2008, 04:51 AM
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Re: Adding sand...
I added a bag of LS and didn't have any problem. All mine survived. You sure it was the sand?
Current Aquarium(s) Description: 120 with 30 sump Aquatinic Constellation T5 lighting Coralife Super Skimmer Koralia 2/3 Experience in Saltwater & Reef Aquarium Hobby: 2 years and counting Other Intrests: Pig collector, Gardening
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September 3rd, 2008, 02:20 AM
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Re: Adding sand...
Piggy, not 100% sure it was the sand - but the die-off happened within days of the introduction of the sand - starting with the fish that lived in the sand - and moved up until all the fish were gone. My instincts tell me it was the sand (nothing else checked out - and it was the only change made). We thought it might be stray current, but it wasn't...
Current Aquarium(s) Description: 1 55 Gal Marine Aqua-C Remora, 2 powerheads, Whisp. Filter, Nova T-5 Extreme light, Kent RO/DI water Experience in Saltwater & Reef Aquarium Hobby: 15 months Other Intrests: Computers, technology, photography, gardening, cooking, art, music, films/TV, books, travel, nature
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September 3rd, 2008, 02:27 AM
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Re: Adding sand...
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September 3rd, 2008, 04:48 AM
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Re: Adding sand...
Someone was telling me about cleaning the live sand before you place it but i thought about it and wouldnt that defeat the purpose?
Current Aquarium(s) Description: 14 gallon Oceanic Bio Cube, Reef setup,korilla 260gph Experience in Saltwater & Reef Aquarium Hobby: One Year Other Intrests: Going out on the boat outland fishing, diving, spearfishing.
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