 Re: Adding sand to your reef?
Well, live sand is not always all alive and adding dead items to your tank is never good. Thats why you have to let a new tank cycle is because of the dead items you are putting in it. If it is the pre bagged live sand you never know what you are really getting, half of it could be dead. If you want to be safe you can just get a plastic tub and put the sand in it with some saltwater for a few days or a week with a heater and pump and just check the parameters of the water every now and then to see whats its doing. Then you can add it to your tank. Any new sand or live rock that has much die off has to do a cycle before you put it in your tank, unless you want problems.
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