live sand

Hi! So after many years of wanting to set up a reef tank I am finally starting on my salty journey. I have kept FW for the last five years, the last two and a half was a 29 gallon planted tank that was rock solid. I sold it so now I can set up my 32.5 gallon Fluval Flex. My plan is to use...

Hello everyone. Off the bat I am new to the hobby but have been doing research on different sites to learn before getting into the hobby. Now it's been 2 weeks now since we set up our waterbox 65.4 tank. We tried the fishless cycle using Dr Tims. In our tank we used caribsea live sand special...

Hello all! I am considering purchasing from Indo-Pacific Sea Farms (IPSF) and I have some questions about their products: Do they continue to sell Tang Heaven Gold (Sargassum)? What snails are packaged within their Live Sand Activator? I sent them an email a few days ago, but they have not...

So my tank took a nose dive last week and EVERYTHING DIED. I know what it was so that’s behind me now. Anyway… Im starting anew and have a question… if I have live rock, do I still add Bio-Spira?

Has anyone bought live sand from Gulf Live Rock? What are your experiences with the sand? https://gulfliverock.com/live-sand https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/90af1256-3dfc-46e5-86cb-4b2dddf55349/live-sand.jpg/:/cr=t:0%25,l:0%25,w:100%25,h:100%25/rs=w:1280,h:939

Looking to purchase some live rock and/or live sand to build my tank. Trying to go with live rock and sand to help with the cycling. If you have a good website you have purchased from you recommend too I’ll take that. I been searching around but all the info can be very over whelming. Thanks in...

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Is this normal? I got this sand in June and the expiry date says December 2021 so surely it should be OK

I am cycling my current tank with the help of 3 live rocks and a bit of sand from a mature aquarium sitting in a pantyhose at the back of the sump. The problem is I didn't have a heater for a day and the water was really cold, will the bacteria have died and how long do you think the cycle will...

Hi there! I’m new to the saltwater hobby and I’ve recently ordered a fluval evo 13.5 gallon aquarium. While researching, I’ve had some questions about cycling the aquarium that I’ve been unable to find answers to or that I’ve found answers to and want to clarify and confirm. My first question is...

So I've seen a couple posts about this, but I felt the need to share my experience with this sand and my strong opinion towards it. I waited about 3/4 weeks to verify if the actual problem stemmed from the sand or something else. I did no other changes with my tank in terms of flow, filtration...

Okay. As EVERYONE of us is stuck at home and MANY of us have started a new project. I built my tank last week and got it salted and seeded on thursday. I was ALMOST finished cycling on Monday. Then i added more raw meat and the chems screwed up again. Which just means more bacteria so not...

If you are new to the hobby or you want to learn a little more about choosing the right substrate for your aquarium then take a look at this article from guest contributor, Robert Woods. http://aquanerd.com/2018/09/how-to-pick-the-right-substrate-for-your-marine-aquarium.html

I am shortly doing a restart on a tank, using dry rocks to try and start out as pest free as possible. I was looking at the RedSea live vs dry sand and my question is, is live sand pest free, or similar to live rock in that it can harbour nasties (ie aptasia spores etc) ?

Hi Everybody, I just got a REEFER 170 and I'm creating this thread in order to document my progress in the REEF hobby, and as a beginner, ask for advice and guidance so as to avoid clumsy mistakes as I made in the past. I stepped into the Reef hobby two years ago (2016), starting off with a...

i just recently bought a 90gal custom tank off a friend and her husband, they didn’t have time for it anymore. The only think I kept from their set up was the live rock. They told me not to put my rock onto the glass but an instagramer I talked to said his sits on the glass just fine. So I’m...

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Do you have to use live sand? or can it be just a regular substrate? Thanks in advance

Okay, this is a very newbie question as I've always had freshwater before. I received my live sand today, and my salt, and my RO unit. It might take a day or so to get the water I need. In the meantime, can I add the sand? Or do I need to wait until the water is ready to go in so it doesn't...