Used sand, good idea?

dmbnpj

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I am looking for a lot of sand to fill a large tank and this is an email reply I just got. Do you think this is ok to do?

"Hello,
I have some +250 lbs of 50% oolithic agaronite and white sand. It is
from a DSB in a 280 gallon tank. The sand had sulfides that turned the
color greyish. It is all ozidized, and just needs to be thoroughly
rinsed, which takes a while because it settles slowly. I some in my 125
tank if you want to see what it looks like. How much are you willing
to offer?"

Thanks for any input.
-Jeff
 
When you take all that sand out and transfer it, wont a lot of the life in it die? Also, can you imagine how long it would take to rinse 205 lb of sand to get any detritus out of it before putting in your tank?

Saying that, i need masses of sand to coverthe bottom of my tank and Aragonite is not cheap over here in the uk so I can understand the attraction!
 
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