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Old 02-21-2011, 05:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Blue Ram View Post
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?


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
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