What is the best live sand brand?

[schwimmair]

Hi, I am setting up a Biocube 29 G on Saturday, what is the best live sand brand? It is going to be a coral and fish tank, and it is coming with 50 lbs of Tonga.

Thanks for helping!

 

[fish scales2]

The sand out of a friends tank!
Flyingarmy has some that he will give you as well as well as I do. Use an arogonite base sand or crushed coral (depending on planned inhabitats) and seed your tank with a couple of cups of sand from an established system.

 

[lilrobb]

I have Mark's (flyingarmys) sand in my fuge right now - One 5gal bucket can be yours free if you come and get it.

Robb

PS: Chris - see you tomorrow, WEEKEND!

 

[soarin']

Get some aragonite sand from a pet store or one of the sponsors, and seed it with sand from a reefer -- you'll get a wonderful diversity in the sand you seed it with.

Any "live" sand you get from the store will be barely alive if at all after having sat in a plastic bag for months, and it will not be worth the price at all -- you're mostly just paying for water.

 

[fish scales2]

Soarin';294715 wrote: Get some aragonite sand from a pet store or one of the sponsors, and seed it with sand from a reefer -- you'll get a wonderful diversity in the sand you seed it with.

Any "live" sand you get from the store will be barely alive if at all after having sat in a plastic bag for months, and it will not be worth the price at all -- you're mostly just paying for water.

It is nothing more than base sand with aquacultured bacteria, it does help just a tiny little bit but not worth the money.