live sand ?

[baldomero]

is it true if i put some livesand in my established tank it will help with my nitrates.ive had the same sand in my tank for 6 years now so would one bag help a little.

 

[padgett152]

what are your nitrate levels? sounds like a simple water change will help it. do you have a refugium?

 

[IslandCrow]

Only a deep sand bed (generally 4-6" of fine grain sand) is going to reduce nitrates. If your sandbed is relatively shallow, the only thing it's going to do is help convert ammonia to nitrates, which isn't going to help you. If for some other reason you want to add more sand to your display, I'd probably just add dry sand, as there should be plenty of life in a 6 year old sandbed to seed any new sand rather quickly. I'd look at other options to reduce your nitrates, though.

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

+1 for IslandCrow