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04/04/2008, 09:38 PM
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How to throw away sand?
in the trash?
flush it down the toilet? back yard? kitty litter box? down the sink? I have no idea. |
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04/04/2008, 09:44 PM
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sand out of the tank??? why would you throw it out?
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04/04/2008, 09:51 PM
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04/04/2008, 09:55 PM
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"Enough light? Heck I could go barebottom and grow SPS in the stand!" - DiscoReefRover |
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04/04/2008, 10:25 PM
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DO NOT flush it in the toilet, please. you will have more problems then you can imagine.
sell it on ebay  or throw it out back in your yard if you have one. going bare bottom? |
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04/04/2008, 10:29 PM
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OH Ya.....newbie's.............dont use this to calibrate your refractometer.....LOL
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04/04/2008, 10:29 PM
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Don't flush it or put it down the toilet. Some of it may end up settling in the trap, and/or you will waste a heck of a lot of water getting it to flush through the pipes. If you have your own septic system, it will just land and stay at the bottom of the septic tank, doing the tank no good. Could you not rinse thoroughly and re-use it?
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04/04/2008, 10:56 PM
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Contractor's bags up to 15 pounds each (so the garbage man does not complain) and to the garbage can.
If the sand has been used for a while in an established tank knot the bags very well, after a day or two it will stink a lot.
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Did I write what I wrote? What the heck am I talking about! Well..... Nevermind. Current Tank Info: 225 gal reef, DSB, 40 g sump w/ LRT100 return, 37 g pre-sump, 3 MH 250 W 15K, 4 96 W PC dual actinic,ETS 1500 Skim.w/LRT70, 20 lb Ca R., 40 W UV, 1/3 HP chiller, two 350 W Htrs, Neptune II Cont., 330 P LR/ 330 P LS. 55 gal Refugium Last edited by jdieck; 04/04/2008 at 11:03 PM. |
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04/04/2008, 11:00 PM
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I look out my back window and see three different "once live"sand piles in the backyard.
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insert clever saying here. Current Tank Info: 200 gallon custom Marineland DD peninsular tank. LPS dominated mixed reef. Previous 90 gallon mixed reef TOTM April 2009. |
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04/04/2008, 11:36 PM
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Are you just replacing the sand or are you going bare bottom? What is your reason for doing this?
There seems to be some issues with your tank, already have 3 anemones in there, and need to know what type they are -- some will not be happy with out a sand bed.
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