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Questions about sand in a refug.

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Candi

I picked up my used oceanic 30g cube today, it included a CPR overflow and a 5g sump and 5-7g (will measure seller wasn't sure) acrylic drilled sump (I think it must be something brand name but no idea what so I'll post photos so you guys can help me ID it later)... anyways he included the sand that was in the refug... it isn't alive anymore and is dried out and I can see snail shells and dried up pods in it... can I still rinse it and use it or would you toss it because of all the dead organics? Also how many inches of sand would you recommend for the sump in this system?

Thanks everyone, I'm sure I'll have a million other questions once I get it cleaned up and ready to go since I've never had an overflow/sump/refug before.

Candi
 
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JRodrig692

The sand will be fine to use. If you are concerned about it, you could either leave it out for some time or pop it in the oven and warm it up, but you should be fine. When you get Southdown out of the bag you can see snail shells and coral fragments in it.

In regards to your sand bed in the sump. Do you plan on running a bed in the tank or the one in the sump will be the only one?

Have you partitioned out the sump to have an area for the refugium?
 
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Candi

I'll try to get some photos later, but basically the overflow goes into the refug which is acrylic and about 6-7g I'm guessing, then from there it goes into the 5g glass sump and is pumped back up to the tank.. so it has a seperate refug and sump. I plan to have a shallow sand bed in the tank (this is going to be a FOWLR for my juvi green spotted puffer as the only inhabitant besides a cleaning crew until he finally decides those are tastey too LOL) there is about 3 1/2" of sand in the refug.

*should probably note that the sand is dry, and has no odor... just that I can see dried up pods in it etc.
 
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IrradiatedReef

The sand will be fine to use. If you want to speed up the cycle process, add a cupful of sand from your main tank and sprinkle it over the dead sand.
 
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IrradiatedReef

If you are looking to do a deep sand bed for filtering, that should be more then enough.

I always do my deep sand bed in the sump and only use about 1/2" sand bed in the display, makes for easier cleaning of the tank without disturbing and stirring up nasty stuff.
 
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Candi

Thank you so much! I plan to add some LS to seed it and the LR will come directly from my 50g which is a couple feet away :)
 
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