I recently moved all my "stuff" from a 50 gal to a 100g. I moved all filters, bio-media, 95% of the water, everything. So it was basically like doing a very large WC, and is an established system. It's been bare bottom for almost 2 yrs and now, for a change, I'd like to add sand. All my reef tanks have been BB. I've never had a sandy bottom and I think it would be great to have some wrasses, a jawfish etc, for some interesting tank watching, What I need is advice on how to go about it. Since it's established, should I use, so called, "live sand" to help keep things in balance? I'm thinking dry sand would change things too much as it went through the various stages of cycling. The "Natural" sand from CaribSea which comes directly from the ocean, I think it's called "Oolite Original", is said to have the natural bacteria still alive in the sand. Or add dry sand slowly, like a few cups at a time every week or so. I don't want to risk losing some of my touchiest sps pieces doing this so if you know of tried and true methods for doing this I'd appreciate reading about it.
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