[Gohn]

I started my cured LR on uncured sand and used some live sand from established aquariums to seed the bed. This worked out ok and everything is fine. Luck perhaps. My son learned from me and started his tank with LR (cured) right on the tank bottom and then, after a while put in live sand. He said this was not perfect as spreading sand around the rock evenly was a bit of a chore. So pros and cons on both plans and both ended up ok. Now many folk go for a bare bed and that has good points in it's favor such as cleaning up the bed etc. And so we keep learning. Thanks again for your feedback Dale.