live sand

[jordan999]

can you just go to the beach and use that sand for your tank?
thanks,
jordan

 

[blemmy_guy]

You can, but you risk contaminates getting in your tank that you may not want in there. todd

 

[sjg22483]

I'd recommend getting some pre-packaged live sand, along with some regular sand. It'll cost less than getting all live sand, and it'll all be live eventually.

 

[mudplayerx]

Keep in mind most of your beaches are right next to heavily- traficked roads. Also notice how most of these beaches are at a lower elevation than the road. Everytime it rains, the water rolls downhill and brings all the contaminants onto the beach.
Its never really a good idea to use anything in nature in your tank really. I gathered live plants from a river nearby for my freshwater tank and within a month all my fish had a fungus growing on them, and the Cabomba has fungus all over it. It was quite revolting.