Ok to move sandbed to different tank?

dogfart · 03/09/2008, 10:05 PM

I am moving to a new house and was planning on upgrade my tank in the process. Current tank is a 90g which was moved 3 months ago to my current location. At that time the entire sand bed was replaced with 120lbs of fresh sand, giving it an average depth of 3". My question is would it be alright to reuse this sand in my new tank?

Blown 346 · 03/09/2008, 10:07 PM

It can be ok to re use, if the sand is clean enough. If it isnt you might want to rinse it out before you use it again. If this is so get a few cups of it to help seed if you have to rinse this sand out.

Aquarist007 · 03/09/2008, 10:07 PM

yes if it is only three months old

03/09/2008, 10:05 PM	#1
dogfart Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6	Ok to move sandbed to different tank? I am moving to a new house and was planning on upgrade my tank in the process. Current tank is a 90g which was moved 3 months ago to my current location. At that time the entire sand bed was replaced with 120lbs of fresh sand, giving it an average depth of 3". My question is would it be alright to reuse this sand in my new tank?

03/09/2008, 10:07 PM	#3
Aquarist007 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hamilton, Canada Posts: 28,240 Blog Entries: 1	yes if it is only three months old __________________ I prefer my substrates stirred but not shaken Current Tank Info: 150gal long mixed reef, 90gal sump, 60 gal refugium with 200 lbs live rock

03/09/2008, 10:07 PM	#2
Blown 346 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Rockford, Illinois Posts: 6,596	It can be ok to re use, if the sand is clean enough. If it isnt you might want to rinse it out before you use it again. If this is so get a few cups of it to help seed if you have to rinse this sand out.