Sandbed reuse

[JuzzMarine]

I have some sand from my previous tank. Question is, should I wash it first or just pour everything over the current tank.

Saw somebody post in the thread selling live sand.

Question:

1) Are sandbed that are mature consider "live"?

2) What about those that are sold in packs in eAquaNature?

any difference?

3) Will washing, wash away the "live"?

Thanks

[weileong]

when I got the livesand from one of the fellow SRC forumer, I did not wash it and just dump everything in. My feeling is that washing will wash away some baterial.

They call it livesand because it comes from matured tank and already have all the baterial in it. This will help to reduce your cycling time.

My tank was ready in less than 2 weeks when the ammonia and nitrite dropped to zero.

[arcanehacker]

I have some sand from my previous tank. Question is, should I wash it first or just pour everything over the current tank.

Saw somebody post in the thread selling live sand.

Question:

1) Are sandbed that are mature consider "live"?

2) What about those that are sold in packs in eAquaNature?

any difference?

3) Will washing, wash away the "live"?

Thanks

1) yes After cycling or used for a few months, bacteral starts to grow in it.

3) Yes.. just like LRs, washing with fresh water will wash away the bacterial, ,worms, pods, etc in it.

[Matt06]

If there is really a need for you to wash, I recommand you to use your tank water to rinse it.

[junyong84]

u change tank..or issit ur tank crashed..n u restart everythin..

its matters alot...

change tank..use back old sand is good

tank crashed...better wash ur sand..coz..e sand might contain all e dieases n such...

[JuzzMarine]

Thanks alot guys, so its alright to use back the sand.

I'm actually changing to another tank. Bcos the sand looks dirty with some algae on it, that's why i'm asking whether to wash it. But if i wash, what to do with all the worms in the sandbed? Anybody encounter this when you use back your sand?

[neutronics]

If u intend to start a reef tank and wanted to use previous sands and rocks, just make sure that they came from old tanks that were not dosed with copper before.