Old Sand to New Setup?

[reefs4life]

Hey guys so I've been thinking about upgrading to a 300G Deep Dimension and I was concerned about my sand. I have a nice 4-5" sandbed right now and I pretty much would want to do the same thing in the new tank but I don't want to buy 500lbs worth of sand. If I wanted to keep the sand I have now would I be able to use it in the new setup somehow? I don't think I would be able to simply just scoop it from one tank to the other due to this tank being set up for almost 2 years and a half now. Please let me know what I can do. Thanks Fortunato

 

[kenconnect]

i used my old sand when i did my upgrade to my 100 gal rimless i took out all the sand out of my 57 rinsed it out about 50 time..lol and mixed it with the new sand just keep a few cups of ur old sand (with out rinse) to seed the sand bed

 

[thirty6]

You score new tank?

 

[reefs4life]

i used my old sand when i did my upgrade to my 100 gal rimless i took out all the sand out of my 57 rinsed it out about 50 time..lol and mixed it with the new sand just keep a few cups of ur old sand (with out rinse) to seed the sand bed

Sounds good...what did you rinse it with? RO water or regular water?

 

[reefs4life]

You score new tank?

IDK kind of on edge about the whole deal. I'll PM you

 

[kenconnect]

Both.. I used reg water at 1st the the last couple I did with ro water

 

[Affordable Aquatic]

I would rinse it really good with a garden hose. Youre not going to make enough RO to sufficiently clean the sand. My opinion is that any phosphates that will be left behind from the tap water will be better than the phosphates etc that will be stirred up when you transfer the sand. Its going to take a whole lot of rinsing to get the sand clean. Work in small batches.