Best way to add sand

[kingator]

What would be the best way to add live or dry rock ,to a established bare bottom tank?

1. should i wash sand out with rodi water?
2. should i get live sand or dry sand ?
3. how much should i be adding at once without getting a big bloom in my system?

tank has been running close to 8 months now , its a lps dominate system ....any info is greatly appreciate thx in advance to all .....

 

[duromega]

take a PVC tube and add Live Sand slowly (thru the PVC)
I will say about 5 lbs weekly

 

[edd]

i added 20lbs of live sand to a 150g all at once, with no ill affects. couldn't avoid the sand storm as careful as i was. use live its worth the extra $, no rincing.

 

[kingator]

thx for reply back .........yes i was also told no need to rinse

 

[TUSI]

Rinse with ro water

 

[duromega]

Rinse with ro water

live sand?

 

[MikeC]

How alive do you think "live" sand is?

 

[Dimitrios91]

Rinsing live sand will diminish the micro organisms living on it. Whoever rinses live sand should have just bought dead sand, because they lost the whole purpose behind what it is and paid a much higher price for it to lol Doh

 

[albano]

Rinse with ro water

Live sand can be rinsed with salt water

 

[MikeC]

You have to think about what you really expect to get out of live sand. If you're talking about live sand in a bag that's been sitting on the shelf for a few weeks, then all you are paying for is bacteria. That's a waste of money compared to dry sand and a piece of live rock. Live rock contains a very large amount of bacteria that will quickly populate the dry sand in your tank. If you're talking about live sand from an established system, full of bacteria, worms, microfauna, and coralline algae, then, yes, a scoop or two of that stuff is awesome. There is no way that a sealed bag of "live sand" will have anything worthwhile in it beyond bacteria.

 

[Rob&Gab]

oh boy your gonna stop your barebottem!? The way you got it is good no?