azocean709
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has anyone put sand straight from the beach in a tank before? i have a 2 inch bed of some store bought, just kinda curious.
sand from the beach work?
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qreef
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Originally Posted by AzOcean709
has anyone put sand straight from the beach in a tank before? i have a 2 inch bed of some store bought, just kinda curious.
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Yes, only if you know if your beach have near by reef. what part of FL u in?
I went to the water about 3' deep and took the sands. (dont get the sand from beach where you lay down)
has anyone put sand straight from the beach in a tank before? i have a 2 inch bed of some store bought, just kinda curious.
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Yes, only if you know if your beach have near by reef. what part of FL u in?
I went to the water about 3' deep and took the sands. (dont get the sand from beach where you lay down)
1journeyman
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There is a biological concern here as well as a man-made one. You could very easily introduce diseases and parasites from beach sand.
azocean709
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i got bout 20 lbs of sand from the beach, i went out in the water about 6 ft maybe and got it. <had a small shark investigating!!!> I live in North Florida, Fernandina Beach...bout 10 minutes from the Georgia state line. i put it in a pre cycled tank...but it is experimental...I figured there would be parisites ...ect...i just wanted to see just how many and what i could do with it. my other 55 gal. has not yet began to cycle. it has been a week...all is the same...no differance in the readings....i still have to call and see if LR is cured when i bought it. but i don't think it is. i was gonna wait a few more days and put in a dead fish...anyone have suggestions?
cabot
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I would wait until it completely cycles and then some. Those fish would appreciate good water. Anyway, interesting about the sand. Going to Cancun and will probably make a trip to cozemel. Wonder if I could bring back a small piece of rock or a little sand. Do they allow that there. How cool would that be.......I did bring back a couple of rocks from Hawaii. There have been several worms mostly on one of those rocks. I wonder if it came from there!
qreef
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Originally Posted by cabot
I would wait until it completely cycles and then some. Those fish would appreciate good water. Anyway, interesting about the sand. Going to Cancun and will probably make a trip to cozemel. Wonder if I could bring back a small piece of rock or a little sand. Do they allow that there. How cool would that be.......I did bring back a couple of rocks from Hawaii. There have been several worms mostly on one of those rocks. I wonder if it came from there!
No, you can not bring sand or rocks from another country unless they dry or die because US custom will not let you bring anything with living things on it. Just to make sure ask the fight attendant and they will tell you if you can or can't
I would wait until it completely cycles and then some. Those fish would appreciate good water. Anyway, interesting about the sand. Going to Cancun and will probably make a trip to cozemel. Wonder if I could bring back a small piece of rock or a little sand. Do they allow that there. How cool would that be.......I did bring back a couple of rocks from Hawaii. There have been several worms mostly on one of those rocks. I wonder if it came from there!
No, you can not bring sand or rocks from another country unless they dry or die because US custom will not let you bring anything with living things on it. Just to make sure ask the fight attendant and they will tell you if you can or can't
watertight
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I've been running a 10 gal nano tank for about 6 months now, using sand from my local beach, and seawater. I literally live 5 mins from good clean beaches so it made sense, especially as my nano was my first real effort at keeping s/w fish. Every time i get tempted to start mixing my own water I se the prices for aquarium salt here I cringe - and in goes more seawater! I'm setting up a new 30 gal at the moment, that will be running it as well
ophiura
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I would also not put granite type rocks in a tank...so most in California, IMO, are not suitable. In addition, if you are in an area with a significant temperature difference, you may get a lot of die off of animals when put into your tank. This may not be ideal if you are getting "live" rock or sand.
azocean709
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i tested the sand..it is an agrogite<think i spelled that right> and silica. Slight trace of granite, minute traces. hmmmm i am going to see what happens...its a test tank, so no fish will be introduced anyway. been testing the water for every mineral and metal known to man..lol everything is a ok so far. got me a few brisltes in with the batch, and seem to have a tiny feather duster forming his little house right in the front of the tank. and the thing that really caught my eye, a tiny baby sea urchin is scrambling about through the sand...it is very interesting. HA i am cycling sand and water....never thought id see the day...this hobby is addicting in all aspects.