Marella Posted April 20, 2006 Report Share Posted April 20, 2006 Does anyone know of a lfs where I could get live sand in Calgary? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midgetwaiter Posted April 20, 2006 Report Share Posted April 20, 2006 Does anyone know of a lfs where I could get live sand in Calgary? There isn't one unfortunately. It is just too difficult to ship this far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishManTy Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 Fellow Saltwater enthusiast in your town should be able to give you a bit of sand from an established aquarium (Say 2lbs), in exchange for 2 pounds of dry sand... (That way they don't lose any sand, and you can get live sand) Then mix it in with a bunch of pounds of dry sand, such as ones that you see on jl Aquatics and that (The fine sand made for saltwater tanks). I did that with a fellow reefer in Calgary, and now my tank is looking great. I've even gave a bit of it away when I had too much so that someone else could start up some live sand. Some people think that this method doesn't work... Im not one of em Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marella Posted April 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 Thanks. I will try your suggestion Ty once I get my tank up and running which should be within the week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishManTy Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 If ya have trouble finding someone to donate sand, feel free to stop by and grab some from me... Its best however to have the tank running with just LR for a couple weeks if its not cured, so the dead stuff falls onto a glass bottom making it easy to evacuate it out (Siphon does the trick)... You don't really wanna mix all that dead crap with your sand.. will make it look ugly IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marella Posted April 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2006 Thanks for the offer. I will be setting up the tank this weekend, and I figure it will be a month before I finish curing the LR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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