I was just wondering...

JustinReef · 12/10/2006, 07:00 PM

i have read in a few different threads that it is bad to move your sand from an old tank to a new one. Why is that? I actually did that a month or so ago when I changed my FOWLR tank from a 50 to a 65....

skippy2 · 12/10/2006, 07:08 PM

I moved all my old sand from my 55 to a 75. Had no problems whatsoever.

fsn77 · 12/10/2006, 07:12 PM

When we bought our tank used, we moved almost all of the sand and we're not having any problems to this point (almost 9 months later).

rkelman · 12/10/2006, 07:21 PM

I think the idea of people saying its a bad idea is.... If you stir up sand that's been in a tank for 5 years without cleaning it first it will start a cycle or release toxins that will foul the tank. I would think that would be more of an issue with a DSB or Crushed Coral substrate.. I moved the stuff from my 65 to my 90 without issue..

JustinReef · 12/10/2006, 07:27 PM

Did you guys rinse it when you moved it? I did and havent seen any problems...

skippy2 · 12/10/2006, 07:45 PM

Why would you rinse it? Seems to me you would rinse away all the life in the sb.

PallidSilversky · 12/10/2006, 08:16 PM

I moved the sand from my 30 into my 55 without problems, almost a year ago. I didn't rinse before I put the sand into the 55. I also didn't have a DSB at the time...I do now.

JustinReef · 12/10/2006, 09:15 PM

I rinsed it just to keep the water from becoming very cloudy...Very thin sand bed too

12/10/2006, 07:00 PM	#1
JustinReef Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 3,715	I was just wondering... i have read in a few different threads that it is bad to move your sand from an old tank to a new one. Why is that? I actually did that a month or so ago when I changed my FOWLR tank from a 50 to a 65....

12/10/2006, 07:08 PM	#2
skippy2 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: S.W. Michigan Posts: 3,205	I moved all my old sand from my 55 to a 75. Had no problems whatsoever. __________________ Peggy Current Tank Info: no tank

12/10/2006, 07:45 PM	#6
skippy2 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: S.W. Michigan Posts: 3,205	Why would you rinse it? Seems to me you would rinse away all the life in the sb. __________________ Peggy Current Tank Info: no tank

12/10/2006, 08:16 PM	#7
PallidSilversky Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 139	I moved the sand from my 30 into my 55 without problems, almost a year ago. I didn't rinse before I put the sand into the 55. I also didn't have a DSB at the time...I do now. __________________ I reject your reality and substitute my own! ><((((º>

12/10/2006, 07:12 PM	#3
fsn77 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: SC Posts: 777	When we bought our tank used, we moved almost all of the sand and we're not having any problems to this point (almost 9 months later).

12/10/2006, 07:21 PM	#4
rkelman Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Belleville, Ontario Canada Posts: 3,438	I think the idea of people saying its a bad idea is.... If you stir up sand that's been in a tank for 5 years without cleaning it first it will start a cycle or release toxins that will foul the tank. I would think that would be more of an issue with a DSB or Crushed Coral substrate.. I moved the stuff from my 65 to my 90 without issue..

12/10/2006, 07:27 PM	#5
JustinReef Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 3,715	Did you guys rinse it when you moved it? I did and havent seen any problems...

12/10/2006, 09:15 PM	#8
JustinReef Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 3,715	I rinsed it just to keep the water from becoming very cloudy...Very thin sand bed too