Just wondering

[Smokey Stover]

Hi all, Does anyone ever just go to a local park or beach, Like Sand Key or Howard Park and scoop up a few buckets of live sand to use? Any good reason not to? Many years ago I kept all kinds of things that washed up on shore. My little octopus was really cool, But the Fiddler crabs ate him! Thought it'd be the other way around.

 

[rfalvey89]

I did that before... just cook it. put a 200W heater in a tub with steady flow

 

[Smokey Stover]

I was thinking more like keeping it live with all the local snails, coquinas(sp) maybe even a sand dollar. For CUC duty and as food for fish that may enjoy eating them.

 

[TURKLET0N]

There are too many pollutants in the sand. You would need to go pretty far out and down to get clean sand. I had this same question when I was starting my tank.