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scuglass
11-07-2005, 10:48 PM
about to add caribsea sand to my tank do i rinse it with just tap water? just add it in without washing? ordo i need to use ro water?

michika
11-07-2005, 11:35 PM
rince with RO/DI if you have it. If not treated tap water, with something like Prime, should work well enough.

Salinity Now
11-08-2005, 01:45 AM
After your done rinsing it with either Ro/Di, or treated tap water as stated above. Make sure you do a final rinse with salt water at the correct salinity. I added a bunch of sand a while ago, making sure that I rinsed it really good. When I added the sand to the tank, I forgot about the added freshwater. Luckily, I only added a few pounds of sand, but my S.G. went down pretty quick. :redface:

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You could just wait till it dries out before adding it. :lol:

scuglass
11-08-2005, 03:18 AM
no worries my tank is not set up yet all my lr is sitting in a seperate brute can.

andresont
11-09-2005, 02:46 PM
no worries my tank is not set up yet all my lr is sitting in a seperate brute can.
I could be beneficial to wash it thrugh the strainer when i had mine sand washed i had found metal wires in it , you may or may not have it but it worth a shot