Why it's important to Soak your Aragonite Sand - UPDATE

[simplycoral]

Originally Posted by Funky_Fish14

Live sand is not live... its a terrible rip-off. A 'sealed container' with no nutrients for the bacteria to live off, without an expiry date? Come-on now.... a 1" piece of live rock has more bacteria on it than an entire bag of 'live sand'.

A bag of 'live' sand would probably test lower though as the sand must have been rinse already?

I imagine that the micro organisms would be able to survive for quite a while in the sealed bags but agree there should be an expiry date.

I would be interested to see if any traces of Phosphate are present and Nitrates for that matter..

S.