rtelles September 8, 2015 Share September 8, 2015 I'm finally going to buckle down and set up an aquarium I've had sitting empty for a few months and consolidate most of the stock from my two tanks into it. I was planning on transferring the rock and sand over from my current 40B all at once, but would like to start with mostly new sand and take my time. I currently have a large 30 gallon tote filled almost halfway with sand from an old tank that's been sitting outside for 6 months, and I'd like to clean it. I've read a number of ways of doing so, but wonder if anyone has baked sand, and if so, what was the process/was it successful? Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Country September 8, 2015 Share September 8, 2015 Was it stored wet or dry? You should just be able to rinse it out very well and reuse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtelles September 8, 2015 Author Share September 8, 2015 It's a bit damp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coral Hind September 8, 2015 Share September 8, 2015 A good fresh water rinse is all I would do. I'm not sure why a bake would help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtelles September 8, 2015 Author Share September 8, 2015 Sounds good. Will trust the two of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WishNewFish September 8, 2015 Share September 8, 2015 Usually people bake the sand if its picked up from natural habitat like lake/river bed and don't want to get parasites or unwanted hitchhikers. If it's sand from your old tank and you know that your old tank is didnt have parasites/unwanted worms etc, just washing and reusing it should be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zygote2k September 9, 2015 Share September 9, 2015 what's an unwanted worm? baked sand sounds like paranoid reefers syndrome..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBL September 9, 2015 Share September 9, 2015 baked sand sounds like paranoid reefers syndrome.....Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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