nudy6969
RUSTYS BROWN DOUGHNUT
i have some spare live sand (10lbs) and i dont know what to do with it?
live sand
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dustin_P74
Reef enthusiast
cant you just put it in your tank, i dont see a problem in that
lightcs4
Loving to learn
How about making a fuge for the aquapod (assuming you don't have one already)?
yote
In Memoriam
Dustin and Lights already posted my suggestions.
nudy6969
RUSTYS BROWN DOUGHNUT
no cuz it is algae infested
nudy6969
RUSTYS BROWN DOUGHNUT
if anyone wans to buy it then ill happily sell it to you. its about 5month old
RyanG
Reef enthusiast
Dry it out rinse it and put it back in.
nudy6969
RUSTYS BROWN DOUGHNUT
it smells like no other, i am scared to put it in
Bifferwine
I am a girl
If you don't want to dry it, wash it and reuse it then just throw it away. If you are too scared to put it in your tank, why would you want to sell it to someone else instead?
kevinsimons
Reefing newb
I put live sand in my tank and 5 days later all my fish started dying. Lesson learned? Don't put live sand in an established tank. IF you use it (and I wouldn't) I'd put it outside and let it thoroughly dry out in the sun.
For all of you who followed my live-sand-leads-to-fish-death story - I learned the idiot at the LFS who advised me on this fatal mistake didn't even work there... although he represented himself as an employee... another little lesson learned in the fascinating hobby of reef keeping...
For all of you who followed my live-sand-leads-to-fish-death story - I learned the idiot at the LFS who advised me on this fatal mistake didn't even work there... although he represented himself as an employee... another little lesson learned in the fascinating hobby of reef keeping...
yote
In Memoriam
Kevin,I'd hunt that dude down and beat my livestock out of im.
I have added live sand in the past with no problems(knock on wood).
I have added live sand in the past with no problems(knock on wood).
Piggy
Reef enthusiast
Same here I added a whole bag with no problem.
dustin_P74
Reef enthusiast
or tell the local fish store that he portrayed himself to be a part of, they might just ban him and if their nice they will help you out with the restocking of your tank
kevinsimons
Reefing newb
Dustin, the guy who runs my LFS (Chris from Ocean Aquatics in San Francisco) - yeah, that's a plug - is great, and HAS been helping out with the restocking (plus, I keep him in hot-and-cold running pulsing Xenia - the more I harvest, the faster it grows). I am nearly done stocking, though - my clowns are arriving on Weds from Sustainable Aquatics (another plug) - bonded pair, tank raised.
But honestly - when you think about it - adding live sand to an existing system is just asking for trouble...
But honestly - when you think about it - adding live sand to an existing system is just asking for trouble...
simpleman
Reefing newb
How much sand did you add?
kyle
Reefing newb
i herd ur not sapose to dump it right (assuming that happened) i herd u have to add it slowly and to mix it in to the exitesting livesand or u could kill it
kevinsimons
Reefing newb
Kyle, I'm going to assume you do not speak english as a native tongue... if you do - what happened to you during spelling class?????? HOLY MOTHER OF GOD....
Simpleman - I added about a cup. 5 days later the sand dwellers were gone; 10 days later, all fish dead.
Simpleman - I added about a cup. 5 days later the sand dwellers were gone; 10 days later, all fish dead.
kyle
Reefing newb
no i speak english. just really really suck at spelling.lol
dustin_P74
Reef enthusiast
was this in your 55 gallon?
dustin_P74
Reef enthusiast
kyle you should have just said you dont speak english as your first language
