I am going to add some sand to my established tank and don't want to get diatoms as a result. I was thinking of putting it in a bucket with a bubbler to get rids of any silicates first. Will this work?
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Thanks for the help as always. Do you mind if I tag you in a contest thread (you know that get another entry thing)?*capping off waste factors too, the ideal way to add it is to add it on top of cleaned vs sinked up sand
I am going to add some sand to my established tank and don't want to get diatoms as a result. I was thinking of putting it in a bucket with a bubbler to get rids of any silicates first. Will this work?
It's aragonite live sand I have had sitting around for a couple of years. Dead sand now, I guess.Is it silica sand or aragonite sand?
Both may release a little silica but generally not enough to cause a diatom problem.
I would be wary of using an unnatural/ground up sand, like sand blasting sand, as it may have a lot more readily dissolvable silicate.
It's aragonite live sand I have had sitting around for a couple of years. Dead sand now, I guess.
Just looked at the tank and it looks like I may have dinos (have not confirmed yet) starting on the sand even though my nitrates and phosphates have been kept up since I got rid of them over the summer. Phos last week were .09 and nitrates 3. I guess I'll be getting out the microscope. But that's another issue.
Ok. Thanks as always.I'd rinse it to avoid hydrogen sulfide, but there's no risk of diatoms from it.