Dirty sand

[Dmiller383]

I'm redoing my tank how to kill off bacteria safely on sand?

 

[Ian086]

I'm redoing my tank how to kill off bacteria safely on sand?

Do you mean you are adding new sand??

 

[Dmiller383]

I sort of stated my problem wrong I decided to redo my tank without buying new sand so I want to know a safe way to kill off all the bacteria on it while it not harming the tank when I put the sand back in it

 

[Ian086]

I sort of stated my problem wrong I decided to redo my tank without buying new sand so I want to know a safe way to kill off all the bacteria on it while it not harming the tank when I put the sand back in it

I would just wash it, as if it was new sand. The only bacteria that would be on it, should be BB and it will not do any harm.

 

[Dmiller383]

It's about 2 months old so washin in RO water should do?

 

[GreenLily]

Wash it with really hot water is what I would do. My solution to everything it to boil it.. But I don't know if you really want to boil sand...

 

[Ian086]

It's about 2 months old so washin in RO water should do?

Just curious, why do you need to remove the bacteria??

 

[Dmiller383]

I had a bad outbreak off something from the lfs that was killin my plant with black stuff so I wanted to make sure i was getting rid of it

 

[Ian086]

I had a bad outbreak off something from the lfs that was killin my plant with black stuff so I wanted to make sure i was getting rid of it

Ok. I would go with Greenlily's suggestion then. Is it a big tank??. Would it be possible(financially) to just replace the sand with new??

 

[Mebbid]

I had a bad outbreak off something from the lfs that was killin my plant with black stuff so I wanted to make sure i was getting rid of it

The black stuff was killing your plant? Sounds like an algae issue not a lfs issue.

What light do you use and how long do you run it daily?

 

[Dmiller383]

It's a 12gal fluval edge and the black stuff came on bamboo I bought from the lfs shop I though it was a dead spot but it spread fast and I leave it on about 8-10 hours a day because it's just planted with an algae eater so I know that's a good bit of time which prob helped it spread