yagerboy September 15, 2011 September 15, 2011 I know this has been discussed to death, but are their any reef safe options for sand other than buying a ton of live sand from LFS's? I would like to save some $$ and buy less expensive sand and seed with live if possible. TIA for suggestions.
trockafella September 15, 2011 September 15, 2011 Yeah, dont buy live sand. You can use regular dry sand and add some live sand from someone else's tank to help seed your sand. I think "live sand" is overrated.
El Camaron September 15, 2011 September 15, 2011 petsmart sells 20 or 25 pound bags of dry aragonite sand for 19.99 and you can just get one of the wamas members to donate some live sand if you dont have any.
AcePuck35 September 15, 2011 September 15, 2011 What is the best way to mix the live sand and the non live sand? Can you put the live sand on the bottom and cover it was the new non-live sand? Can you put the live sand in your refugium/sump and non live sand in the display tank? If you did that will the display tank sand eventually get seeded? Or should you just stick both sands in a bucket and stir and then place in the tank?
surf&turf September 15, 2011 September 15, 2011 You only need about a cupful of livesand to seed yours. Just put it on top.
Max Ivers September 15, 2011 September 15, 2011 Don't bury the live sand with the dead sand...it will kill the organisms you are trying to introduce...
AcePuck35 September 15, 2011 September 15, 2011 OK, Thanks good to know. Are the organisms in the live sand different then the ones in live rock?
hypertech September 15, 2011 September 15, 2011 Not really. I've done all dry rock and all dry sand and its my preferred way of setting up a tank - cheaper and less chance of bad pests. Something like MB7 speeds up the cycle and the rest will hitchhike its way in on frags, etc.
trockafella September 15, 2011 September 15, 2011 Not really. I've done all dry rock and all dry sand and its my preferred way of setting up a tank - cheaper and less chance of bad pests. Something like MB7 speeds up the cycle and the rest will hitchhike its way in on frags, etc. +1 You always run the risk when you get others peoples stuff, sand is safer than rocks. I always go with dry rock. It's much cheaper and safer..
zygote2k September 15, 2011 September 15, 2011 I'd recommend going with Seaflor and Aragamax mixed with Gulf Live Sand sold at MS. I have been using this stuff for years from MS and it has all sorts of critters.
trockafella September 16, 2011 September 16, 2011 do any of the lfs sell dry rocks? Not that ive seen. But many people on here tend to have a bunch laying around.
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