Dead Sandbed..

wocka

wocka

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im about to move my fishtank out of my room and into the living room.. i have had a dead sand bed for about 15 months. i dont know if its live now but when i started my tank i didnt start out with live sand.
so what i was thinking was to get a bag of aragonite live sand change my sand beds.. should i do this? ill be replacing my LSB if i had one with some LS. anyone ever do this?
 
thangbom

thangbom

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..... well... do the sand look ok?. smell bad?.. look like it has mold on it?? and will it cost u a lot to replace the sand.. i mean. if it's only 30lbs of sand u need then.. i'd just through old stuff away . go to h. depo and buy a bag of argonite sand.. dump it in and start from scratch.. like your where originaly going to do..
 
wocka

wocka

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its a 22g tank (24L x 12W x 14H) whenever it gets disturbed a cloud of smoke goes into the tank and makes it cloudy.
will replacing my sand make my tank recycle?
 
organism

organism

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live sand refers to the sand being colonized by bacteria, which it does during cycling. I imagine if your tank has cycled your sand is live, especially if you're feeding the tank, if you'd like to add critters to it you can put some live sand sold on sites like this one on top of it, and that will add some nice life to your sand bed
 
viper_930

viper_930

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Originally posted by wocka
its a 22g tank (24L x 12W x 14H) whenever it gets disturbed a cloud of smoke goes into the tank and makes it cloudy.
When you do the move you can just rinse the sand thoroughly to get the dust out.
 
viper_930

viper_930

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You might want to just siphon all the sand out into a big bowl or something to stir it up in there. Then change the water and stir again to get more of the fog out then scoop just the sand back in to the tank.
The way you mentioned is still good though, if you remove all the water after stirring it.
 
wocka

wocka

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but my sand isnt white like the aragonite.. its dirty
how should i rinse it? stir it up with saltwater?
 
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