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02-16-2014, 03:10 AM
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+1 to the idea of tossing the sand. It's really not worth it to try and keep IMO.
As for storing the rock, I'd look in to ways of stripping rock like a bleach and muriatic acid treatment. After a process like that there wouldn't be anything left on it to smell, and you could just let it dry and store it in a box. You'd get the added benefit of that rock being good to go and free of organic material that could rot when you decide to set the tank back up again. 
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02-16-2014, 12:31 PM
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I thought as long as sand was rinsed really well it could be re-used with no problems?
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02-16-2014, 05:59 PM
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That's what I plan to do, what's the easiest way to rinse clean sand??
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02-16-2014, 06:24 PM
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I put it all in a salt bucket.... put a garden hose in all the way and turned it on.... then stirred it with my hand until the water overflowing was clean.... I lost a bit of sand but the goal was to stir it with my hand and not use enough water force to flood out all the sand.
some might say then it needs to be dried and rinsed again, ect ect... but I put it back in and didnt have any issues..... saved me 3 sacks of sand.... used one to top it up after.... and the water was cheep.... this was done durring a tank move and the tank water & livestock wasnt exposed to the sand removal.... this preocess can stirup some not so nice (toxic) stuff into the water column.
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