Info needed - cleaning old sand

[paddyob]

Originally Posted by Myka

It will probably leech nitrate and phosphate, so it depends how much you care about that. A perfectionist would "cook" the sand in a similar way to how you cook live rock. Many people will just rinse well and re-use. Personally, I would not use used sand without cooking it as I do not enjoy algae blooms.

Cook? How so? In my oven???? Boil???

The tank is new so will have nothing in it for the next month... so algae bloom could be part of natural cycle anyhow.

Let me know your process.