Calling all aquarists-->Live Sand?

Check out That Pet Place in Lancaster, PA.


www.thatpetplace.com

I know that they sell live sand and Live rock.

PM me, I can ship you whatever amount you want
I just tore down a saltwater tank, and haven't gotten the water out yet. Pay for shipping.
Wolfy

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Originally Posted by Schlyne

Definately hunt through your local stores. Both the petco and the petland here sell live sand.

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I'll check this week......The more I think about it--the quality of the live sand probably doesnt need to be top notch.....I wont be using it to perform the myraid of ecolgical functions that salt-water aquarists use it for....function in nitrogen cycle, etc.

Instead I just want a basic biologically-based substrate that looks "earthy", "dead", "like sand or powder" etc......If that substrate contains catalase-containing organisms or remnants of them (enzyme work in dead, fresh liver) then I think I'll achieve what I'm going for.

Even Humus or some kind dead plant material might work? The more it looks like dirt or sand the better.... Anyone know anything about Peloids?

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Originally Posted by wolfy-hound

PM me, I can ship you whatever amount you want
I just tore down a saltwater tank, and haven't gotten the water out yet. Pay for shipping.
Wolfy

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Wolfly thanks for the offer....dont know if I'll take you up on it though. I wont be doing this activity for awhile (after thanksgiving). I probably want something fairly fresh...so I am looking for something I can obtain now, tinker with, and then obtain more if it works out towards the end of November.

eithier way I'll pm you towards the end of the week and let you know for a fact if I'll take you up on it.

Thanks again,

Mike

Mendel,

Check out this link,http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/fo...php?forumid=80 there are a few PA reef clubs...more than likely any member would be willing to give you a small sample of livesand. I know I've give roughly 8oz. of livesand from my system to help seed a local reefers tank no charge. I'm sure if you sign up there and explain what you're up to, that they would be more than willing to donate sand.

Good luck

-Jason

That sounds like a cool experiement....I actually followed what you said and it made sense.....the whole temperature thing killing organic catalase....let us know how it goes!

Find out your local reef societies and small mom and pop sw fish stores. I'm sure you can find a good handfull of people who can and would be willing to give you a pinch of their sand. That way you have different types too.
Good luck,
Rusty

I own a rather nice homemade saltwater tank that I have taken nearly a year to get where I want it. I found that live sand ( living coral sand) was very expensive and a little hard to come by so here is what I did.

I got dead sand ( the stuff you get in bags Caribbiansea? I think is the brand I used and I got a piece of UNCURED live Rock. Put it in a tank and left it to its own with a filter and such to help keep[ nitrite levels down and a skimmer. In month the little critters living in the rock mved into the sand. And it was teeming with live things. From little worms to snails and such.

Also what you could do is go to your nearest saltwater aquarium place that sells fish and the like and explain your situation and what you want it for and you might just get it free. Some stores are like that.

You could ask them for samples of the different sands they have for your class. I for one think it is interesting the difference in the different sands, corals and such when in a cold or warm tank. Have the warm one now, working on building the cold one later this year.

I hope this helped, and If I can find someone near you who has the sands for cheap I will let you know.

Beauty the BP