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Old 07-18-2010, 03:33 AM
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My sand is 4.5 years old
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Old 07-18-2010, 03:35 AM
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Ooo...Save yourself some anguish and buy mostly new sand. It's not worth the hassle.
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Old 07-18-2010, 05:30 PM
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1 or 2 bags of sand vs. possible loss of corals. Losing all the time and effort put into your corals isn't worth it and sand is cheap.
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Old 07-18-2010, 09:11 PM
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I've heard this before... how old of tank is too old to keep the existing tank's sand?
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Old 07-20-2010, 01:37 AM
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I've heard this before... how old of tank is too old to keep the existing tank's sand?
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Mine sand bed is from Feb this year. If I don't want to cycle the tank again I should just go new?

If I did resuse the old sand bed I just need to cycle it till its free from ammonia,nitrites and nitrates correct?
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