Sand is different. I have not seen any body recommend beach sand.


I may live in a strange area but I have used beach sand, mostly ground up
shells, for years with no problems. I did have one probelm with sea water but
that covers 30 yeras of salt water so that isn't too bad a record. Saying that
i must say that commecial coral sand is probably best as is commerciel sea
salts but if you think live rock is some how collected in pristen areas where
no pollution occures you are in for a surprise. I would rather collect all my
own stuff so i know where it comes from and what is in it but it's time
consuming and exspensive to drive way down a beach with barrels and buckets for
sand and water and scuba diving for live rock can run into tons of money if it
is even legal where you are so the best way is the commecial way for the most
part.

Moon
remove nospam from e-mail to send to me, I grow trees in aquariums like bonsai.
I breed dwarf crayfish, great for planted community tanks. If you can get me a
shovelnose sturgeon fingerling (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus) no wild caught
please, contact me