Storing Live Sand

[DJ88]

All that is in the bags you buy is some bacteria that helps the initial cylce of your tank happen. It is nothing more than that. no critters nothing. Sand, water n bacteria

If you want to store live sand you can put it in a rubbermaid container with a heater, powerhead and lights. Make it like it is a tank in essence. If you don't the sand will die as will most critters.

You can store it, just don't let it get too cold, go without light or without circulation to get oxygen in. A sandbed will suck out oxygen very quickly if it is deep enough. It will still cause a small cycle when you put it in your tank later but may have a good protionof the original critters and such still alive.

[ 10 May 2002, 12:35: Message edited by: DJ88 ]