tanks4thememories;4216523; said:
Well the 72 bow front i just set up, and went 80lbs on live sand. The fish are in there and have been fed and the test results have not swayed since the first test. That was taken in 7 hours. The fish are still in there, and i can do a water test tomorrow. They have been fed as of last night and today, and still water is fine and the BB was enough to keep params perfect with no "mini cycles"
I had a mini cycle in the 360 when cycling that because i used bio spira that had gone bad. I was pissed!!! Thats why i had a mini cycle.
I also had a 90 gallon that i cycled in 24 hours with my live sand only and put a 2 week old shark in the next day with my purple tang and they were fine, and still are. I had a thread on that one a little while ago probably still in here. Like i said though, this is just my personal results with this sand, and my lfs uses it all their tanks, and state all there sand is live because they move it so fast. Whether its true or not, my results have been ****ing awesome.
, i do believe they are in there. Bio spira always needed to be refrigerated, like you stated. I used this stuff for all my salt tanks and instantly cycled and produced nothing more than nitrates with my live sand and power heads. Now it doesn't need to be refrigerated, funny i know but it still works, and i have results with it. Many fresh water sands boast live as well, and i think they have found a way to harness these micro organisms( and smaller worms etc) in a bag that can last a long time. This brings me to another point of how i use to buy live sand with water in the bag, and now there is no water. I think the science and understanding of these bacteria are more and more advanced. While people think bacteria and micros die off easy, thats so very far from the truth. I don't actually have the facts, nor the links. I can't go into deep depths of it because i really don't know other than my personal experience with the stuff, and the results this great product has always granted me. Also the time i used cheap sand and was pissed when i killed a V tail grouper. While even if the bacteria and micros where all dead, Live sand is cheaper than LR, and can cure rocks fast. Also i read your comment of reefers dosing addtional worms etc, i think this is mostly for refugiums, and such to have a heavy concentrated area of decomposition of amon trite and trate.
