How will I know?

bobbyzat

Member
I was wondering how I will know when my sand becomes "live". I seeded it with garf Grunge. How can you tell the difference between regular, and live sand by looks?
 

shawnhardy

Member
There is not a way to look at it and tell because the "live" part indicates that there are millions of bacteria growing in it. You will now it is "live" when you see your tank cycle. The bacteria that live there will aid in teh biological filtration of your system.
 

bang guy

Moderator
Deep sand bed (3 - 6") or a shallow sand bed (<3").
IMO it will never be live with Garf Grunge. I would suggest an amount of real live sand like the Premium live sand from this site.
 

scotts

Active Member
I obviously bow down to Bangs knowledge and agree with him that adding some live sand is the best way to go. For one thing you not only get the bacteria with live said but you get worms and other things as well. One way to tell in starting up a tank that your sand bed is working is that little bubble appear. This is a good thing because it tells you that the bugs in your LS are eating the bad stuff in your tank.
Scott
 
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