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SheenaGo · 09-06-2007, 11:18 PM

Hi everyone i am newbie and indeed of help. I just completely setted up my tank/sump and started to cycle my water yesterday and just suddenly realized that I did a major frigging mistake here, I forgot to wash off/rinsed the sand that I bought in one of the lfs somwhere here in our place, and initially put the sands in my display tank from its plactic/sack and put the water on it.

did I really made the mistake of forgetting to wash off/rinsed the sands before putting it on the main tank? and if ever I commited the mistake what would be the solution/alternative for it?

Does 20% weekly water change during cycling will do the trick?
someone told me to at least 50% or even 100% water change will do.
But its really harsh for me since im living in an unusual area. lol

PS: this is a crushed coral sand.

thanks in advance!

09-06-2007, 11:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
SheenaGo Plankton Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 8 Karma: 1	help please regarding sand. Hi everyone i am newbie and indeed of help. I just completely setted up my tank/sump and started to cycle my water yesterday and just suddenly realized that I did a major frigging mistake here, I forgot to wash off/rinsed the sand that I bought in one of the lfs somwhere here in our place, and initially put the sands in my display tank from its plactic/sack and put the water on it. did I really made the mistake of forgetting to wash off/rinsed the sands before putting it on the main tank? and if ever I commited the mistake what would be the solution/alternative for it? Does 20% weekly water change during cycling will do the trick? someone told me to at least 50% or even 100% water change will do. But its really harsh for me since im living in an unusual area. lol PS: this is a crushed coral sand. thanks in advance!