Adding livesand to livesand

aykim2188 · 04/11/2010, 12:35 PM

So my live sandbed get siphoned up little by little when I try to clean the sand bed and I'm assuming that sooner or later I will have to add live sand. I heard I have to be cautious when I do that...what is the process in which i should follow?

Sisterlimonpot · 04/11/2010, 12:57 PM

The tough thing is adding it and trying to keep the dust storm from becoming too much. it's tough to have no storm but if you add it slowly with cups close to the bottom of the tank it will minimize the storm.
How deep is your sand bed?

thegrun · 04/11/2010, 02:34 PM

I would not add live sand, just dead sand. I wash it in a 5 gallon bucket until the water runs clear, then turn off the pumps and add it using one of those long funnels sold for oil changes. Release the sand close to the bottom of the tank. I would avoid "live sand" due to concern over unwanted hitchhikers and/or nitrates from dead organisms in the "live sand".

usmcpfc · 04/11/2010, 04:21 PM

yea 1+ to the funnel idea and useing dead sand washed its a safer way to go when i add sand i use this method also.

aykim2188 · 04/11/2010, 04:25 PM

I have between 1.5 and inches of sand.

So its bad to buy prepackaged live sand?

04/11/2010, 12:35 PM	#1
aykim2188 Constantly learning Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Caseyville,Illinois Posts: 396	Adding livesand to livesand So my live sandbed get siphoned up little by little when I try to clean the sand bed and I'm assuming that sooner or later I will have to add live sand. I heard I have to be cautious when I do that...what is the process in which i should follow?

04/11/2010, 12:57 PM	#2
Sisterlimonpot R.C. Fraternity President Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Litchfeild Park AZ Posts: 11,490 Blog Entries: 2	The tough thing is adding it and trying to keep the dust storm from becoming too much. it's tough to have no storm but if you add it slowly with cups close to the bottom of the tank it will minimize the storm. How deep is your sand bed? __________________ Jimmy MASVC President Dishes are done man! Current Tank Info: 300 in progress

04/11/2010, 02:34 PM	#3
thegrun Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Garden Grove, Ca Posts: 17,023	I would not add live sand, just dead sand. I wash it in a 5 gallon bucket until the water runs clear, then turn off the pumps and add it using one of those long funnels sold for oil changes. Release the sand close to the bottom of the tank. I would avoid "live sand" due to concern over unwanted hitchhikers and/or nitrates from dead organisms in the "live sand".

04/11/2010, 04:21 PM	#4
usmcpfc Moved On Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: tn Posts: 50	yea 1+ to the funnel idea and useing dead sand washed its a safer way to go when i add sand i use this method also.

04/11/2010, 04:25 PM	#5
aykim2188 Constantly learning Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Caseyville,Illinois Posts: 396	I have between 1.5 and inches of sand. So its bad to buy prepackaged live sand?