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02-22-2007, 09:15 PM
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 Is the Carib Sea 'live sand' worth buying? I cant believe that prepackaged 'live sand' would be anything but a fraud. Am I right or wrong?  |
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02-22-2007, 10:29 PM
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| Well I've used it several times and I highly recomend it. |
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02-22-2007, 10:31 PM
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| its not a fraud but i dont think its nesessary i added 2 bags of live sand to my other 4 when setting up my 210 it just helps add more nitrifing bacteria,and possibly some bods/worms/ect to your sand |
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02-23-2007, 03:04 PM
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| I used 4 40 pound bag's in my tank............www.drfosterandsmith.com...................no problem's for me |
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02-23-2007, 05:44 PM
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| What size tank do you have? |
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02-23-2007, 08:37 PM
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| 125 gallon reef |
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02-23-2007, 09:55 PM
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| Thanks, too many positive comments not to try it. The only negative I have heard is $. |
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02-24-2007, 08:03 PM
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| live sand (commercially bagged) sure doesn't hurt. It's true that not all of their claims are accurate though. |
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02-25-2007, 01:32 PM
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| i've got a weird one for ya... i bought 2 20 lb bags for my 55 when i first set it up.. but on both bags, and all the other bags at the LFS, there's a word marked out with a permanent marker... i don't have the bags anymore, but i think whenever it says "safe and (blackedout) selected".. its like that on the front, in big print, and 2 or 3 times on the back... has anyone else noticed this, or is it something that the LFS is trying to hide? but wait, its not the LFS, because when i had bought it, they had just gotten in their shipment that day, and my bags came straight from a package box.... so i don't know....... |
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02-25-2007, 06:10 PM
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| i just saw that on the bag today...i can't tell what it is underneath....i thought the word natural was under there... |
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02-26-2007, 09:16 PM
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| Haha...probably saving their butts from false advertisement... |
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02-27-2007, 06:05 PM
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| I highly recommend live sand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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03-04-2007, 01:00 AM
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| The words are "natural and" I just bought a bag today and was wondering what they blacked out. Held the empty bag up to a light and that's what I saw. So I guess that means that the bacteria isn't natural and someone found out. |
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03-04-2007, 04:22 AM
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| I just got a bag of it the other day and it has the same things blacked out. Who knows what's up with that... |
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