Rinsing Live sand???

[Jadams]

...I am in the process of setting up a new tank. Im doing a small upgrade from a 24g nanocube to a 46g bowfront.

I recieved a 5g bucket almost completley full or sugar sized live sand from a local reefer to fill my new tank. My question is should I rinse it first? I opened the top and it smells really bad :hmm3:

Should I just rinse it in fresh RODI water first? Will that help?

TIA!

 

[Jadams]

^^^

 

[faze07hd]

wouldnt hurt... If you have an RODI unit, i would put the tube in the bottom of the sand and turn on the unit for about an hour and let the top water just run off.

 

[newguy1983]

I'd do nothing with it...the smell is all the good bacteria in there...

 

[mounts327]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14681757#post14681757 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by newguy1983
I'd do nothing with it...the smell is all the good bacteria in there...

Definitely agree here. You do not want to rinse it. You rinse non-live sand to get all of the dirt/dust out of it. If you rinse live sand it will no longer be live. The bad smell is the dead bacteria from not receiving oxygen. I would dump out all the water that the sand is in then place it in your tank, and add new water on top of it.

 

[Jadams]

Really? I thought the bad smell was a bad thing? :lol: