Nature's ocean marine sand

Discussion in 'Sand' started by nightster, Sep 17, 2010.

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  1. nightster

    nightster Pajama Cardinal

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    Ok so I bought 2 10lb bags of this stuff but haven't added it to my 29g. What are yalls opinions of this sand?
     
    nightster, Sep 17, 2010
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  2. diverdan

    diverdan Bangghai Cardinal

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    Is it live or just regular sand.
     
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  3. Sharkbate

    Sharkbate Coral Banded Shrimp

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    I just looked it up ....if its "bio-active" its live. If the bag doesnt state that, no bacteria =(
     
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  4. diverdan

    diverdan Bangghai Cardinal

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    If your starting up a new set up it would be benificial to add some live sand in there as well just to help the system. if it isnt bioactive than maybe you could add 1 bag of the bioactive to the other bags. other than that i dont see any issues with the sand.
     
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  5. nightster

    nightster Pajama Cardinal

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    Ok well that's only 20lbs of the 40lbs that's going in. I already added 20lbs of live sand.
     
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    diverdan Bangghai Cardinal

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    i dont see any issues with that.
     
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  7. nightster

    nightster Pajama Cardinal

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    Should I mix them up? I like how the finer sand looks so if I can just leave it on top of the live sand I would like to.
     
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  8. diverdan

    diverdan Bangghai Cardinal

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    Either way, the the bacteria in the live sand will transfer to the non live sand.
     
    diverdan, Sep 17, 2010
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