So I'm getting myself in gear and breaking down my freshwater tank and converting it to a saltwater setup.
It's going to be a 90g with a overflow and wet/dry 20g sump for filtration.
So far the list of things i need are
Protein Skimmer
live sand
live rock
salt water
I've done quite a bit of reading, but I think I'm starting to confuse myself.
So my question is about the Live Sand.
Someone offered me a lot of live sand at a pretty fair price, but the only problem is it's been out of water.
Now is it still considered live cause it has bacterial growing on it or is it considered live because it's porous and allows bacterial to grow on it? Can I just buy that sand and store it while I mix my salt water or is that sand useless now?
Would love any feedback, I'm so new to saltwater it isn't even funny.
It's going to be a 90g with a overflow and wet/dry 20g sump for filtration.
So far the list of things i need are
Protein Skimmer
live sand
live rock
salt water
I've done quite a bit of reading, but I think I'm starting to confuse myself.
So my question is about the Live Sand.
Someone offered me a lot of live sand at a pretty fair price, but the only problem is it's been out of water.
Now is it still considered live cause it has bacterial growing on it or is it considered live because it's porous and allows bacterial to grow on it? Can I just buy that sand and store it while I mix my salt water or is that sand useless now?
Would love any feedback, I'm so new to saltwater it isn't even funny.