can i use beach sand???

D-Rod · #1 06/15/2006, 02:54 PM

can I use beach sand if I cook it and remove any unwanted particals if I find any from a remote location?

D-Rod · #2 06/15/2006, 03:33 PM

BUMP

playapablo2007 · #3 06/15/2006, 04:00 PM

I did and my tank is just fine.

Drew Reed · #4 06/15/2006, 05:32 PM

I dont see why not

Saltz Creep · #5 06/15/2006, 05:36 PM

Beach sand works for me.

Aquaticman74 · #6 06/15/2006, 05:38 PM

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Originally posted by Saltz Creep
Beach sand works for me.

rofl....

Gooli · #7 06/15/2006, 05:38 PM

D-Rod....your best bet is to hear from people who have actually done it. Speculation wont help you much. I haven't tried it - but here's a bump for ya.

JRistau81 · #8 06/15/2006, 06:03 PM

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Originally posted by Saltz Creep
Beach sand works for me.

HAHAHA

That syringe in the front of the pic really makes it perfect.

SpaceAce · #9 06/15/2006, 06:53 PM

Think about this. The shore and surf are part of Natures cleaning system. The wave action causes foam like our skimmers. The sand absorbs pollutants and waste like our deep sand beds. The macro algae is found in the surf. All the clean up crew critters we use are from the surf zones. Its natures refugium. That makes sense. Right?

So lets take the beach sand that has been absorbing waste for eons and try to clean it until its dead so we can put it in our mini ecosystems and hope it cleans our tanks for us. I dont know. Why not use the sand from underwater so you get the microbes, worms and bacteria and forget about cooking it clean. Just let it do what nature does best. I know this will work.

D-Rod · #10 06/15/2006, 11:41 PM

Thanks

xtrstangx · #11 06/16/2006, 12:10 AM

I wouldn't.. Think of how much pollution happens 3 miles and in from the shore.. Now think of all the waves bringing that pollution and washing it onto the sand.

Do you really want to put that sand in a closed environment like your fish tank? I hope not

nathan_unsane · #12 06/16/2006, 12:15 AM

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Originally posted by xtrstangx
I wouldn't.. Think of how much pollution happens 3 miles and in from the shore.. Now think of all the waves bringing that pollution and washing it onto the sand.

Do you really want to put that sand in a closed environment like your fish tank? I hope not

hey if it's good for the ocean it's good for me...

*sarcasm*

when they capture live rock they go somthing like 30 miles out just to make sure there isn't any pollutants hanging in the rock...

and who knows if cooking it would get fluride, chlorine, mercury, oil, ect. out of the sand

stykthyn · #13 06/16/2006, 01:14 AM

I personally dont like it as i have tried it and had huge algea and diatomic problems. I also dont like the fact that it wont help buffer a tank near as much as aragonite does, but I suppose that a FO with pleny of filtration and a good leaner crew can make it work.

xtrstangx · #14 06/19/2006, 12:22 PM

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Originally posted by nathan_unsane
hey if it's good for the ocean it's good for me...

*sarcasm*

when they capture live rock they go somthing like 30 miles out just to make sure there isn't any pollutants hanging in the rock...

and who knows if cooking it would get fluride, chlorine, mercury, oil, ect. out of the sand

Consider these as just elements.. What happens when you add heat to F, Cl, Hg, etc? Do they change into another element? Or are they still F, Cl, and Hg?

Saltz Creep · #15 06/19/2006, 12:51 PM

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Originally posted by xtrstangx
Consider these as just elements.. What happens when you add heat to F, Cl, Hg, etc? Do they change into another element? Or are they still F, Cl, and Hg?

By "cooking" the sand he didn't mean adding heat. Also, you can't change one element to another element. Alchemists tried unsuccessfully for ages. But you can if you have a multi-million dollar cyclotron.