Safe to rinse new dry sand in advance?

[Jhuneke]

I'm thinkin I'd like to get a head start on my transfer Saturday.
Is is safe to rinse new DRY sand w tap water.. Then drain it and add rodi to cover and let it sit outside a couple days ( maybe 4-5)
Or will the heat make it grow algae etc?
Trying to avoid having the extra pita of rinsing it ( over and over ugh) at the time of setup. I'll be busy enough w the transfer ..
Any input?
TIA


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[KarL]

Hmmm. I've never stored sand while submerged in water. The sand at the bottom would end up turning dark, but I guess that would be with live sand. Me personally, I would just rinse then use

 

[mark.a.smith405]

I would think if you don't rinse it with RODI multiple times then there could be things left over from the tap water to inhibit algae growth

 

[lowbudget]

yep. but i would use new

 

[Jhuneke]

The reason I'm looking to do early is that it takes like a good 10 -15 rinses .. To get the milky color gone. I've got 120lbs of NEW dry sand to rinse.


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[puggsli]

What I did is rinse the sand in a bucket a little at a time with the hose. Once the water is clear I dump the sand on to a trash bag so it can dry out and then in to a clean dry bucket and repeat the process. No need to keep it wet.

 

[civicdemon]

Don't use tap water. If your going to rinse it only rice it in ro/di. And you should be good doing the transfer sat.

 

[Jhuneke]

Don't use tap water. If your going to rinse it only rice it in ro/di. And you should be good doing the transfer sat.

It would take me untold gallons of rodi to rinse this enough to to clear the water.



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[civicdemon]

Yeah but tap has silicas in it and stuff like that. You don't want brown sand do you ? I'm just saying what I would do. It's really up to you.

 

[civicdemon]

That's why I used live sand.

 

[Jhuneke]

Ya... That's not helpful..


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[Jhuneke]

I'm too cheap lol


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[solitude127]

For my past 3 tanks, I've used new dry sand and rinsed with tap water out of garden hose then did final rinse with RO/DI with no issues.

 

[Jhuneke]

Thanks.. Any problem w me letting it set a few days in rodi before using it? Or to I need to dry it out to prevent algae etc?


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[solitude127]

Thanks.. Any problem w me letting it set a few days in rodi before using it? Or to I need to dry it out to prevent algae etc?


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no, no issues for me. After I did my final rinse, it sat in the tank with only what water was left in the bucket for few days before I filled my tank.

 

[BeanMachine]

For my past 3 tanks, I've used new dry sand and rinsed with tap water out of garden hose then did final rinse with RO/DI with no issues.

I set up my tank the same way. Plus 1

 

[Jhuneke]

Cool thanks.. I'll be adding some bacteria and putting my livestock in right away.. After I run a sock for an hour or two first


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[reefes pieces]

I did the same way as Mike and Bean many times. No issues. no way around rinsing the p1ss out of it unless you like cloudy tanks. Just give a good final rinse with RODI and you should be fine. What type of sand did you go with? I'm looking for new sand too.

 

[Jhuneke]

Thanks.. I did the caribe sea special grade reef sand again .. Big enough to to not blow around too much w high flow.


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