this is a gos story, thanks ron.

thats explains alot.

ok, what were you looking for to see if the live sand was cycled,
nitrification, or visible bacterias? sounds like you know exactly when teh
tank was cycled, im guessing it was the ammonia and nitrites you were
watching.


another question, my rocks are alread established, when i put the sand in
there, the ammonia could overshoot, and it would be my rocks trying to
buffer it right? no good eh?

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I would be worrying about it now. Its destined to fail pretty quick,
just like LR would if its out of water or in unfavorable climates even
if kept wet.

Even though you are relocating or selling the oriignal tank it was all
in, just a simple rubber maid container with sand liverock and a
powerhead and heater will keep it alive and well.

Granted, your live sand may die, but its still useable and it would
have to finish cycling when you use it again. I bought a bunch of bags
of the packed wet live sand with a good expiration date on them, at a
local Petco store. I got those bags of live sand for a paltry $5.00 a
bag for 20 pound bags, and I bought all they had.......The reason
being, is the bags were all misshandled and got punctured, and seeped
and leaked out 99% of the water content. Folks that know Petco knows
they could care less, and probably noone of them even assumed it wa
the bagsa that were leaking, even though their steel shelving was all
rusted up.....Anyhow, its still aragonite sand. I put some of the sand
in a few tanks we setup, and iy had a longer cycle time than sand in
tanks which came from bags we had previously bought that were still
full of water etc. Those bags had little to no cycles time needed....

If waiting for a tank to cycle is not a problem for you, then I wuld
not worry about it, but its sitll a shame to let the good stuff ide
off once its establised for the sake of a heater a nd powerhead and
cheap rubber maid or other type container......and just a cheap strip
light would make for a lot of difference on any light dependant
critters.


On Sun, 05 Mar 2006 01:49:25 GMT, "wolf" "
wrote:
i cant find my post, so here it is again

how long can i let this 20lb bag of live aragonite in the bag. I am
selling
the tank, and didnt want to place it in the tank until i change tanks.

its in a 50-60 degree garage, so its quite cold. How many days is the
max i
can keep it like this while keeping it alive and healthy?


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