could i use beach sand from any beach put in my aquarium? wouldn’t it be just like dry live sand?
While its completly possible to use beach sand in the aquarium, I’ts usally more trouble than its worth. You will need to rinse it quite thoroughly, and if your going to go through the effort, why not buy white play sand from HD? It is much more pleasing to the eye and has a fairly small grain size. Its something like 2.98$ for 40lbs, and while it still needs to be washed very well I like it much better.
Yes local beach sand is completely loaded with polutents.
Not sure how I missed this thread. I wonder if my junk mail filter is keeping some e-mails from coming through. Anyways…
I believe it is illegal for people to take home sand on purpose from beaches. Many of the local beaches in Delaware are eroding and shrinking and every year there are volunteer programs to plant grasses to help prevent this. Also cities like Rehoboth and Ocean City often spend millions of dollars replenishing the beaches.
As Shnabbles mentioned as well there are plenty of pollutants in local sands as well. Many of the inlets in the area have signs that warn against swimming. If you add local sand you will find yourself asking every time a snail dies if you brought it something horrible with that sand. One little piece of metal could slowly kill off your inverts both big and small. Could make it hard for beneficial bacteria to grow which will break down waste in your tank. You may have problems for years with algae growing and not understand why and wonder… Is it worth $5?
+1 to what Jon said
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While its completly possible to use beach sand in the aquarium, I’ts usally more trouble than its worth. You will need to rinse it quite thoroughly, and if your going to go through the effort, why not buy white play sand from HD? It is much more pleasing to the eye and has a fairly small grain size. Its something like 2.98$ for 40lbs, and while it still needs to be washed very well I like it much better.[/quote]
Forgot to mention its alot less effort to go buy 2 40lb bags of white play sand than it is to lug 80lbs of sand home. And you would have to wash either of them, but only one is a nice white color. Not really any point in using beach sand in my opinon.
here what i have for sale
75 gallon aga reef ready tank black approx 1 year old
(this was before i tore it apart)
7gallon matching stand in black
under stand i have 30 aga perfecto tank made in to a fuge
i also have live sand approx 80lbs or more avail
i have live rock availbut not shore of lbs
and in side of fuge it has that reef mudd that east coast says is the best stuff and i also have approx 60 lbs of lava rock in fuge that been in there since tank start upo so everything has tons of critters
Price?
Your fish are flying above your tank
400.00 or best offer
does the tank come with any kind of lights? im new to saltwater and only have a 55 right now, but wanted to possibly get a 75 for my room (reef) and do a 55 (agressive) and was just wondering if you would possibly sell tank to a begginer!
So is the tank down now or up?
the tank still has water and live rock and live sand and i think one damsel there is no light due to i sold it to a fellow del reef club member
so does anyone wanna make a reasonable offer on this im trying to get it out of here
would this be fine to put in the 2nd story of a house? i know things tend to get to heavy
yes it should be fine. you are only talking around 625 lbs. just think if 3 2oo lb guys standing in your corner lOl ya it should be nothing too it. i have seen a 180 in guys 2nd floor. but if it cracks it not only ruins 2nd floor it then runs into 1st floor thats all…lol
how much would a good light fixture cost for this tank? i really do like it i want a 75 for my room but i know lights tend to be the expensive part… i want lights that i can run corals off of but im not tryin 2 spend 2 much…
a nice t 5 set up would do it maybe 6 bulb. around 200 to 250 would do it if you buy parts and do a diy canopy some maybe for sale? post a link looking for…
the old fixture i had was 300.00 i think it was t-5 6 bulbs and could keep everything softies,lps,sps
is the fudge under the tank? or is it set up in a seperate area? i am interested in buying this for up in my room so i wouldnt want alot of plumming to do… sadly i was talking 2 some1 about buying a 60 gallon cube in nj and he sold it after asking me when i can come up :-? it was nice tho had a 250w metal halide on it
hey the fuge is under tank its a 30 gallon tank with miracle mud and a bunch of lava rocks and a big sponge that hs been operating for 1and half or more and was seed with pods when i first started tank so there is millons of pods email me at jsodonnelljr@aol.com