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Loss of Refugium
My 55 gal sump sat in an unheated moving truck yesterday for 2 hours. The mangroves lost all of their leaves (they were not supposed to be on the truck!) and I'm wondering if I should toss the live sand before I start the tank up again. There was about 5 inches of sand in one of the compartments in the sump in which the mangroves were planted. Should I start with new sand?
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Two hours of sub zero temperature was probably enough to kill off everything at surface , however with that much of a sand base there should of been some servival of bacteria and other life to keep the sand viable.... IMO I would keep the sand
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your def going to see an amonia spike if you use that same sand although some life may survive theres def die off which in turn means amonia......just give it a good clean rinse and your good to go.....if you see a spike in amonia just have some ammo lock on hand:) cheers |
Dumb question - "giving the sand a good rinse" - in tap water, RO water or salt water??
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rinse
in saltwater , if you use fresh you will kill the rest of the good stuff
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I think that would be a waste of perfectly good saltwater, as you'll have to rinse it for a while.
There's probably too much die-off in the sand already, so it's not worth trying to save it. I'd shove a garden hose into the sand, and let it overflow into the back yard for a day or 2. Better safe than worry about an ammonia spike. Quote:
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I had sand sit over night in my basement last week< water was fairly cool< placed sand in my refuigium and check my nitrate level few days later and they were elevated but not to high>>> I would rinse your sand out good and giver a go....
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+2 after 2 hrs sub zero temp your getting die off regardless so just rinse with whatever water you have......using a fish net thats fine and a garden hose has worked well numerous times for me in the past:):) your not wanting "live sand" your wanting completey clean lifeless sand as you want to add it to an already living system;) what ever you use will evenyually become " live" :):) |
I'm going to take the sand out of the sump and place in a large bucket to rinse it really well in RO water. I'm not wanting to risk any spikes as the liverock has already gone through a mini cycle in a separate tank because of the move and should be good to go in a day or so.
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