That is correct, rinsing in freshwater ain't exactly good for the bacteria. However a lot of people here don't really think bacteria in live sand (if any is still alive) does much good, so they'd rather rinse the sand to get rid of debris and stuff instead, because they'd rather 'less live' sand rather than deal with problems caused by not rinsing.Hi all reading this now I’m confused starting a new Cade 1500 tank and was going to finish the rock scape and putting in Carib Sea live sand and was told not to rinse and told the same by a few people on YouTube but people here saying rinse it ? I thought rinsing in fresh water would not be good for the good bacteria, don’t know what to do now.
Personally I don't care that much about rinsing. With a new tank, turmoil is probably gonna happen at the start regardless, so to me it's just adding a bit more chaos that could breed for resilience down the line.