"Pszemol" wrote in message
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"Tidepool Geek" wrote in message
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The live sand you bought mainly contains bacteria but it's unlikely to
have much else in the way of infauna.

Unlikely?? Are you kidding?
Will have NOTHING else, becasue nothing else would
survive shelf life in the sealed plastic bag.

But I would mix both sands since the coraline sand
could be pritier than the paver sand - I would put
paver sand on the bottom layer than coraline from bag.

I decided not to put the paver sand or play sand because I thought it would
be ugly and I'd regret it in the long run. I put the Aragonite right over
the old sand. I hope that's OK. Looks real nice now but I have a skylight
there and it likes to grow red slime on the sky light side. Any pointers on
getting rid of it (the slime) are appreciated.

Jim