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Old 01-20-2014, 04:38 AM
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Originally Posted by asylumdown View Post
My logic on the sand - unless you've gone out of your way to get 'real' live sand as a seed source, there isn't going to be any life in your sand that isn't also in the rocks you're moving. Life that will be pulverized and smashed to bits by the act of removing and washing it. I'd just start fresh, but that doesn't mean anything bad will necessarily happen if you don't.
Very true but not everyone likes to by new sand so it is an option to clean it.
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