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02-17-2007, 04:26 PM
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Sir Master Deuter the 3rd
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Location: Palm Coast, Florida
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Live Sand Question
Is there any point in buying live sand since it becomes live once it's been with the LR for a while?
-Deuter 
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02-17-2007, 04:27 PM
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Caitlin Renee 6/29/07
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Wooster, Ohio
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no not really.
Just buy urself some dead sand and it will eventually become live
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02-17-2007, 04:31 PM
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Candy Pirate
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: I see white stuff
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the benefit to buying the Live Sand is no sand storms
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02-17-2007, 05:17 PM
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Just some guy, you know?
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: West of Dimples
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No benifit to live sand,.. in fact I call it a draw back because it comes in loaded.
Think about this,.. how live would you be if I sealed you in a plastic bag for a year 
Whiskey
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02-17-2007, 11:28 PM
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Sir Master Deuter the 3rd
Join Date: Nov 2005
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wow thinking outside the box lol, well good that saves about 50 bucks
thanks!
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Sir Royal Master Cody William Deuter the 3rd
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02-18-2007, 01:04 AM
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double cappuccino
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Location: CA
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 NO BENEFIT!!!!?????? are you NUTS?
the benefit is you don't have to wash it.! absolutely critical when you are exceedingly lazy person. 
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02-18-2007, 04:58 AM
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Just some guy, you know?
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: West of Dimples
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Lol,... I use Home Depot sand,.. It's $5 for 100 Lbs,.. Suger size, cillica sand,... and I never wash that either,.. mainly because of the lazyness you mentioned.
I do think the araginite stuff looks better,.. but when your trying to do a DSB in a 125G tank,.. and not a millionare,.. I don't see how it's possible to use the hobby stuff at about $1 per LB.
Whiskey
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