Tank swap nuked tank

[tim the toolman]

I was planning on using my existing sand but doing a very thurogh cleaning of it before hand. I am now reconsidering this.
What would you say the benefit is of using new sand rather than giving the old sand a heavy rinse and using it again?
Anyone who can answer tis feel free.

Also to the op, if you would like I will open a new thread with my questions so I am not hijacking yours.

[Phanntom]

Originally Posted by tim the toolman

I was planning on using my existing sand but doing a very thurogh cleaning of it before hand. I am now reconsidering this.
What would you say the benefit is of using new sand rather than giving the old sand a heavy rinse and using it again?
Anyone who can answer tis feel free.

Also to the op, if you would like I will open a new thread with my questions so I am not hijacking yours.

I originally had very fine sand, hard to clean. I am too new to this to give a good answer but for the $50 it cost me for new sand versus the hundreds I lost in stock, I will never reuse my sand.. But thats just me..

And I don't mind if you ask your questions here, its all about the same thing...

[The Grizz]

Originally Posted by tim the toolman

I was planning on using my existing sand but doing a very thurogh cleaning of it before hand. I am now reconsidering this.
What would you say the benefit is of using new sand rather than giving the old sand a heavy rinse and using it again?
Anyone who can answer tis feel free.

Also to the op, if you would like I will open a new thread with my questions so I am not hijacking yours.

I have wash out sand & reused several time with no issues. I used a large fine fish net, 2 - 3 cups at a time rinsed under the tap until water was clean.

When switching tanks I try to remove all the rock I can WITHOUT stirring up the sand to a big tub with tank water in it first, then remove all the tank residence to another large tub or 2 with tank water. Next remove as much water as possible still WITHOUT stirring up the sand. Once I get to the point that I have no choice to stir up the sand all the remaining water goes down the drain. Finally I remove all the sand to a bucket to wash THOROUGHLY. Before returning any rock to the tank I mix up a new tub of fresh SW & rinse the rock in it removing any loose debris.

[tim the toolman]

That's good to hear Grizz. I was planning on doing something very similar to what you outlined there so I am confident going forward as planned.

I also hear what your saying phantom. The 50$ price point would be my first choice for sure, just with a larger tank it's gets up close to 200$ fairly quick lol.

I guess I just need to make sure I'm being thorough in my sand cleaning and careful with the rock removal.
Thanks for the info.