I have to agree with the dude, rinsing sand stinks! For lack of a more explicit term. Especially if your adding to an existing system, live sand makes sense.
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I have to agree with the dude, rinsing sand stinks! For lack of a more explicit term. Especially if your adding to an existing system, live sand makes sense.
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I never rises sand for a saltwate tank... for a freshwater w/ gravel? yes.... saltwater & sand? never ever.
I would quarantine whatever you get from the coast before you put it in your fuge.
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I don't rinse my sand either. I just put two 40lb bags into the new system with no problems but I was filling it slowly using my RO/DI so not a ton of water pressure.
Those small particles will eventually either get skimmed out or the bacteria will grow on them and they will settle to the bottom which is a good thing. The more bacteria the better.
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