curing live sand?-Sand-3reef Forums

dbyrd · 01-09-2008, 06:38 PM

ok guys sorry for all the new posts in the past few days, but i am in need of some help in a bad kinda way with my new tank. with that out of the way my question is can i cure my old sand with the live rock. i really hate to go buy new sand and let all of my old sand that i payed so much for go to waste. i really hate to be cheap, maybe i will just call it being conservative

. any way thanks for all the help guys.

aquaboy · 01-09-2008, 06:40 PM

so your saying that you want to reseed live sand with Live rock? if so, yeah.

aquaboy · 01-09-2008, 06:41 PM

Oh, and i have been sitting on the computer for past 5 hours waiting for new posts

so dont feel bad, feel good

vtfishies · 01-10-2008, 03:52 PM

is this sand dried from a prior use..if so..doesnt it being dried create some kind of minerals..i think i've read some where that...

reef_guru · 01-10-2008, 10:58 PM

i dont know if i would call it curing, more like reseading. soak and rinse the old sand in a bleach mixture. then rinse really really really good. after the live rock is in place and the tanks running you can get critters to liven up the sand.

andybethke · 02-18-2008, 01:58 PM

ok so how do you cure live sand? 30LB ALL PURE & NATURAL LIVE SAND - ULTRA PREMIUM - eBay (item 160206615971 end time Feb-19-08 10:30:00 PST) cause im trying to set up a current usa 24 gal nano and this seems a little too good of deal!!!

Executivelevel · 02-18-2008, 05:07 PM

yea, that does look like a good deal, has anyone ever bought sand this way?? because I need to buy sand for my new 180gal and am not looking forward to the expense... but if this was for real and good sand it would save me a lot, even with shipping.

andybethke · 02-18-2008, 05:16 PM

ya me too but it looks kinda fishy... live sand from my lfs is at 3.50 a pound and lr is at $7 a pound

gazog · 02-18-2008, 06:13 PM

I bought the sand in my tanks from that guy. Worked out real well for me. It is truly all different sized grains which is what you want

I had bought 15 LBS from another person and when I got it is was so fine it when it settled you could hardly push your finger into it. I bought 30 lbs of this and mixed it with the fine stuff.

gazog · 02-18-2008, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by andybethke

ya me too but it looks kinda fishy... live sand from my lfs is at 3.50 a pound and lr is at $7 a pound

The operative word here is LFS, they mark all dry goods up really high to cover any losses that they incur with livestock. So that 3.50 a LB sand might only cost them 1.00 or so. And Holly S**T I only pay 1.25 to 1.50 a LB for the same sand, you would be money ahead buying it from Foster and Smith even with shipping, its only 1.89 a LB!