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scuglass 11-07-2005 10:48 PM

wash sand>?
 
about to add caribsea sand to my tank do i rinse it with just tap water? just add it in without washing? ordo i need to use ro water?

michika 11-07-2005 11:35 PM

rince with RO/DI if you have it. If not treated tap water, with something like Prime, should work well enough.

Salinity Now 11-08-2005 01:45 AM

After your done rinsing it with either Ro/Di, or treated tap water as stated above. Make sure you do a final rinse with salt water at the correct salinity. I added a bunch of sand a while ago, making sure that I rinsed it really good. When I added the sand to the tank, I forgot about the added freshwater. Luckily, I only added a few pounds of sand, but my S.G. went down pretty quick. :redface:

or

You could just wait till it dries out before adding it. :lol:

scuglass 11-08-2005 03:18 AM

no worries my tank is not set up yet all my lr is sitting in a seperate brute can.

andresont 11-09-2005 02:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scuglass
no worries my tank is not set up yet all my lr is sitting in a seperate brute can.

I could be beneficial to wash it thrugh the strainer when i had mine sand washed i had found metal wires in it , you may or may not have it but it worth a shot


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