I’m converting my 75 gallons freshwater tank to saltwater and I have 75-100 lbs of Florida rocks mostly in there (fine for reefing) and 80 lbs of Caribsea special grade aragonite sand. I had an African set up, a little similar to saltwater.
Buying new rocks and sand would cost me 600$-700$ that I’d like to save for other equipment and I would also much rather reuse what I have.
I would take the rocks outside, clean them (I have to research what to use) and let them dry in the sun. Same with sand. Also it would be thoroughly cleaned, rinsed and dried in the sun before using.
Other good reason for doing this, it would save me the ugly diatoms phase that comes with this sand and/or rocks. It took 6 months to get rid of it and I am certain it would happen again if I got new sand and rocks for the saltwater tank (same sand and rocks also had a diatoms phase in my Fluval Evo 13.5 with saltwater).
Can I safely keep my rocks and sand ? Any tips on what to use to clean ?
Thank you !
Buying new rocks and sand would cost me 600$-700$ that I’d like to save for other equipment and I would also much rather reuse what I have.
I would take the rocks outside, clean them (I have to research what to use) and let them dry in the sun. Same with sand. Also it would be thoroughly cleaned, rinsed and dried in the sun before using.
Other good reason for doing this, it would save me the ugly diatoms phase that comes with this sand and/or rocks. It took 6 months to get rid of it and I am certain it would happen again if I got new sand and rocks for the saltwater tank (same sand and rocks also had a diatoms phase in my Fluval Evo 13.5 with saltwater).
Can I safely keep my rocks and sand ? Any tips on what to use to clean ?
Thank you !