New to sw, have a question about my sand..

[gottafindnemo]

Heyy! Sorry if thisbisbthe wrong place to post... Im about to start up my first sw tank. Itll be a 25 gallon reef + fish. Wondering how i wash my live sand... I was told need to wash it it dechlorinated water, and not haveing am ro system.makes that a little difficult and expensive with store bought water. Can i use the low low nitrate water out of my discus tank to wash the sand?

[Aquattro]

I've always washed my sand with tap water. You're fine doing the same.

[reefwars]

i agree fresh tap water is fine to use

[eli@fijireefrock.com]

In a bucket with a garden hose will do the trick.

[Dearth]

Originally Posted by eli@fijireefrock.com

In a bucket with a garden hose will do the trick.

+1

And welcome to Canreef

[intarsiabox]

Originally Posted by gottafindnemo

Wondering how i wash my live sand?

If you bought a bag of "live" sand such as Arag-Alive then you don't wash it at all. If it's just a bag of dry sand then tap water is just fine.

[gottafindnemo]

Yeah its a bag of live sand from big als, i was told i should be useing dechlorinated water. It does make sence to me but if u guys say i can use just straight tap water thats alot simpler! Would i still be able to use the basically pristine water from my discus tank to wash it?

[gottafindnemo]

Thank you guys for the quick replys! Discus are moving into there new tank in the next day or 2 and the tank they are in now is being tranformed into my first sw

[gottafindnemo]

Originally Posted by intarsiabox

If you bought a bag of "live" sand such as Arag-Alive then you don't wash it at all. If it's just a bag of dry sand then tap water is just fine.

Its a 20lb bag of ocean dirrect caribbean live sand

[intarsiabox]

Don't wash it then, it is made to just add directly to the tank. Caribsea's website has a faq's section that covers their Ocean Direct products if you want to check it out.