Tampa Bay Saltwater Real Live Sand

[LiverockRocks]

Hand Harvested Live Sand
from the TBS aquaculture site located in the Gulf of Mexico

Hiya Folks, let's talk Real Live Sand from Tampa Bay Saltwater.

Benefits- naturally improve aquarium health by diversifying the microorganisms within your system with fresh Gulf of Mexico sand.

• excellent for new tank cycling
• excellent for established tank seeding
• create a natural environment which decreases stress for your reef inhabitants: jawfish burrows, sleeping wrasses, scuttling crabs and grazing tangs

Alive- can't get more live Live Sand that ours.

• micro critters from stars to snails to worms
• beneficial bacteria
• will not live in a bag on a store shelf
• requires life support provided by a functioning aquarium upon arrival

Appearance- imagine walking the beaches on the west coast of Florida.

• an array of colorful tiny broken shells and coral fragments
• will not blow around with heavy flow
• coarse sand with random pieces of shell or coral skeletons

Harvesting- we are picky, picky, picky about sand quality.

• from the 30-year-old Tampa Bay Saltwater lease site in the Gulf of Mexico
• high currents and tides keep churning out this fresh and clean natural product
• hand harvested literally amongst the flounders
• harvesting sand under the sea is no fun, but the benefits live sand provides hobbyists are unmatched

Shipping- kept submerged from the ocean floor to your door.

• UPS next day for 30lbs and under
• Air Cargo for 20lbs and up
• its fast and fresh from Florida

Care- it's alive, you can keep it that way!

• provide all the aspects needed to maintain good water quality
• clean-up crews sifting, scuttling, burrowing and picking are a win
• provide flow because it originates from a high flow area
• wise aquascape concepts like island building and openings through the bottom of your scape allow for water flow
• vacuum small sections as needed according to your system's debris pattern

* Order live TBS sand Here

 

[undermind]

Fantastic! Thank you for doing this @LiverockRocks

As we begin to "recover" from our recent obsession with ultra-sterile systems and the current need to take advantage of dry & artificial rock, we need all that we can get our hands on that actually comes from the ocean.

I'm thankful for TBS for putting in the work to make this available!

 

[JoJosReef]

The gulf live sand is great. I made a 10g tank with just TBS premium nano rock and TBS gulf live sand. The sand had plenty of life in it along with the microbiome you want and need (presumably--I didn't do any metagenomics). Lots of lancelets (bit weird, but they are harmless and can't survive in aquaria). Some other worms, peanut, bristle-types and the like. I gave the sand a good sift while keeping it wet before moving to the tank to remove anything I didn't want. Worked fine

On top of that, I took my extra sand and added it to my Evo that was set up with CaribSea LifeRock (dry) and CaribSea LiveSand. There was GHA growing over absolutely everything. Took out the top layer of GHA covered sand (~1/3rd) and added in the same amount of TBS live sand. Fast forward a few months and I have a much healthier sand bed. I also swapped out some of the LifeRocks with TBS rocks, and the rockwork is so much better, too, but that's for a different thread.

I think the gulf sand really helps build a healthy system and is pretty easy to sift through for unwanted critters.

 

[LiverockRocks]

Can't get more live, than our diver collected Live Sand!
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[Fatmike92]

The Best live sand and live rock!!

 

[LiverockRocks]

The Best live sand and live rock!!

You ROCK!
Thankful we were part of your journey.

 

[LiverockRocks]

Diver harvested Live Sand from the Gulf is Pearly jawfish approved!
$2.50 per pound shipped to your door next day or air cargo.
NEW TBS WEBSITE IS LIVE!
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[LiverockRocks]

Diver harvested Live Sand from the Gulf is
Shameface Crab approved!

$2.50 per pound shipped to your door next day or air cargo.
Buy TBS Live Sand Here

 

[Fatmike92]

Diver harvested Live Sand from the Gulf is
Shameface Crab approved!

$2.50 per pound shipped to your door next day or air cargo.
Buy TBS Live Sand Here

He’s got the crazy eyes!

 

[LiverockRocks]

Diver harvested Live Sand from the Gulf is
Purple Spined Urchin approved!

$2.50 per pound shipped to your door next day or air cargo.
Buy TBS Live Sand Here

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[AdamD76]

ballpark shipping for 30lbs shipped to 03741?
Air cargo vs overnight.

 

[LiverockRocks]

ballpark shipping for 30lbs shipped to 03741?
Air cargo vs overnight.

UPS next day is $78.
Cargo around $75.

 

[LiverockRocks]

Live Sand shipped Air Cargo or Live Sand shipped next day UPS

One of the ways we keep freshly harvested live sand happy until it is shipped out are a few of these dimpled claw red hermits. They first arrived as friendly hitchhikers and have grown up to be part of the TBS team.
Pagurus impressus

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[LiverockRocks]

Order Today

Live Sand Shipped Air Cargo or Live Sand shipped next day UPS
Time to refresh your sand bed with
diver harvested Gulf of Mexico
Live Sand!

 

[BWV]

Have you though about making a small "kit" .. like something you could send in a small USPS priority box (<10$) with a couple small live rock chunks and a cup or two of sand?
For the nano folks...

 

[LiverockRocks]

@BWV Thanks for reaching out.
The smallest amount we currently offer is a Treasure Chest item called the Jar Package. It contains 2lbs nano premium, 2lbs rubble base, 2lbs live sand and 4 tiny critters. This ships next day due to the diverse lifeforms contained within the rock & sand.
TBS Jar Package

 

[LiverockRocks]

Fresh Harvest Yesterday.

 

[BrittneyC]

Has anyone had issues with things such as Bobbitt worms coming in with the sand?

 

[LiverockRocks]

Has anyone had issues with things such as Bobbitt worms coming in with the sand?

Have not had a report of a bobbitt coming in sand.

 

[BWV]

@BWV Thanks for reaching out.
The smallest amount we currently offer is a Treasure Chest item called the Jar Package. It contains 2lbs nano premium, 2lbs rubble base, 2lbs live sand and 4 tiny critters. This ships next day due to the diverse lifeforms contained within the rock & sand.
TBS Jar Package

Looks like a nice deal at 40 bucks!

Is the shipping, listed as $78, correct?