Live rock or sand?

[nawt2tawl1221]

Looking to purchase some live rock and/or live sand to build my tank. Trying to go with live rock and sand to help with the cycling. If you have a good website you have purchased from you recommend too I’ll take that. I been searching around but all the info can be very over whelming. Thanks in advance.

 

[Reef.]

Just a tip, live sand is almost always just dry sand with some bottle bacteria added to it, personally I would just buy dry sand, means you can wash it to get rid of all the fines, then add a bottle bacteria yourself if you feel the rock is not enough.

 

[nawt2tawl1221]

Just a tip, live sand is almost always just dry sand with some bottle bacteria added to it, personally I would just buy dry sand, means you can wash it to get rid of all the fines, then add a bottle bacteria yourself if you feel the rock is not enough.

Interesting. Ok that sounds good and less expensive as well. Thank you

 

[Reef.]

Interesting. Ok that sounds good and less expensive as well. Thank you

You also get more sand for your money as you are not paying for the added water.

 

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Tampa Bay Saltwater plans to begin shipping live rock in September. If you can't wait that long, we would recommend KP Aquatics in the Keys. Best wishes with your new setup.