Slight emergency, need advice!

Discussion in 'General Reef Topics' started by blm0411, Apr 19, 2013.

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  1. schackmel

    schackmel Giant Squid

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    +1. I would personally ask the LFS to hold onto your livestock at least for a couple days after setting the tank back up just to be safe. Also, if you trust your lfs, i would ask for a half a handful of their sand to add to your new sand. I use this in all of my tanks that I set up. Kind of helps with the cycle (now mind you, i have enough tanks that I dont have to use LFS sand anymore)
     
    schackmel, Apr 19, 2013
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  2. blm0411

    blm0411 Plankton

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    Thanks everyone! All great advice, the tank should be here the 25th, maybe I'll start a build thread for this one and keep everyone updated.
     
    blm0411, Apr 20, 2013
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  3. tunamike

    tunamike Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    use dry sand do not buy live as it is never alive its just full of dead bacteria!
     
    tunamike, Apr 25, 2013
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  4. oldfishkeeper

    oldfishkeeper Giant Squid

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    One thing I can add, I used a combination of live sand and regular. The benefit to the live is that it doesn't require as much rinsing as the regular sand. Just something that is nice about it.
     
    oldfishkeeper, Apr 25, 2013
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