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02/05/2008, 02:26 PM
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Location: Milwaukee Wisconsin
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Live Sand/Dry Sand
I have a 135 gal. tank with a 5 in sand bed. A little more than half of it is dry sand and the rest live sand. My question is... will my sand bed still function the way it should being that it's not all live
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02/05/2008, 02:33 PM
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Location: Madison, Ohio
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The bacteria will spread over time making it all into live sand. In fact it only takes a cup or two to seed a sand bed which you probably could have got free from a local reefer and saved on that live sand.
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02/05/2008, 02:44 PM
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Location: Milwaukee Wisconsin
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I wish i would of known this a few days ago. we spent quite a bit on sand. 80lbs of it is live.
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02/05/2008, 02:50 PM
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Sorry to hear that. =(
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02/05/2008, 05:16 PM
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It's ok. : ) Thanks for your reply.
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02/05/2008, 06:16 PM
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Moved On
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: san jose CA
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i recently put up a regugium on a 4 month old tank. all the sand used in the refugium is "dry". i put a peice of loive rock in it as a way to try and seed it. will this owork or should i use some sand from the DT to seed it. thanks
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