is it too late to add more live sand?

[cody57]

i'd like to add more live sand if its not too late. i have a number of fish in the tank already. i was thinking, if i bought the widest pvc pipe avail., i could feed the sand to bottom of the tank thru the tube so not to cloud the water too much. would this work or is it too late?

 

[cboyfan2020]

go for it...the only thing is maybe add a little at a time because I dont think it would cause a mini cycle but i am not sure. Or ask some fellow reefers for a cup of their established sand.

 

[cody57]

i guess i didnt take the mini-cycle into account. i was going to buy the 20-25lb bag from this site, along w/the 20-25 lbs of live rock. once i open the bag, i dont know how long it would 'live' inside an opened bag. maybe i'll buy the live rock(acouple pieces), then the live sand later from a lfs. p.s. excuse my typing, i'm typing in the dark while i acclimate my new fish.

 

[slick]

If it is going in your 120 than 25 lbs should be ok to add at once. If you add rock put it in a seperate container for a few weeks and moniter the water. Once all the die off is gone then you can put it in your tank.

 

[cody57]

slick, were you talking abt 25lbs of rock or sand into the 120?

 

[slick]

yes

 

[cody57]

slick, you dont know how happy you made me, i love those kind of answers. will you call me chief, too?

 

[cody57]

slick, didnt mean to be mean!! i'm just a little stressed. i ordered the mini reef pkg, a bahama star and a blonde tang. i'm afraid i'm adding too many folks to my tank in one day. i did a 15 gal h2o chg yesterday in anticipation for these guys and didnt think about the water loss from the into(my replacement water is only a day old). and when iu was introing the brittle stars, i dropped the bag while cutting the top off(they were the first into the bucket, so there was no water in the bucket and i have two stars, hello!!!).

 

[slick]

Sorry cody I miss read your post. I was talking about sand not rock. I thought your post read "slick were you talking about 25lbs of rock and sand in the 120?"

 

[cody57]

thanks slick. i can add the lr later.