live sand

[lionfishlover123]

i live right near a beach( i can throw a rock from my w indow into the water). I live in New York(cold water).Some things that live in the water are snappers, bluefish, horseshoe crabs, spider crabs , etc.

Would i be able to take some of the live sand and use it for a tropical marine tank?

I plan on getting

1 spotted mandarin
1 firefish( type of dartfish)
1 ocellaris clownfish
1 saddle valentini puffer
+ and others(any suggestions)

 

[billa_bong]

no, i would not. if you live in new york there is probably a fair amount of polution in the sand/water from the water traffic.

if you have a problem buying sand for your tank, your going to gasp when you hear about liverock...

 

[Chac]

As BB say - way to much polluction - Lovely City but just not the greatest water even thought the Hudson has been cleaned up

I have been looking in to using Natural seawater on a Nano I am setting up but I would be collecting the water from a near desolate coastline of NE Scotland

 

[Chac]

your going to gasp when you hear about liverock...

 

[lionfishlover123]

I don't live in new york city;I live on long island.
aka strong island

 

[Chac]

Sorry cant help there - I think LI was the only bit of NY I didnt have time to visit - sorry

 

[billa_bong]

I would be highly hesitant to using wild sand, The reason is because its a big question mark. You don't want to invest money into equipment, liverock, and corals/fish to learn the reason your tank bombed out is cuz you used sand from your local beach you know.

 

[lionfishlover123]

ok so it would be better just to buy it.
thanks so much for you help guys!

 

[steelhealr]

That's Long GUYland . I live here too. Long Island beach sand in summary:

1) muscle boat fuel
2) tanning lotion
3) marine head waste
4) Coca Cola
5) cigarette butt waste
6) stepped on Cheese Doodle
7) gull droppings
8) last weeks hot dog roll
9) Budweiser

and...


Doody diapers

Still want to put that in your tank??? NOT. SH

 

[The-Raven]

nobody has mentioned this yet... It's actually illegal to take sand from beaches in the US... just thought you'd like to know

 

[superman]

So what size tank are you planning...you know where I'm going with this...Mandarins are very hard to care for in most systems.

 

[bunjiweb]

So what size tank are you planning...you know where I'm going with this...Mandarins are very hard to care for in most systems.

This depends on whether you plan on having a fuge to culture copeopods etc. Or if you have very mature live rock that has lots of copepod colonys living within it.

It is rare to get a mandarin fully feeding on frozen foods without slowly wasting away.

Ben

 

[superman]

So what size tank are you planning...you know where I'm going with this...Mandarins are very hard to care for in most systems.

This depends on whether you plan on having a fuge to culture copeopods etc. Or if you have very mature live rock that has lots of copepod colonys living within it.

It is rare to get a mandarin fully feeding on frozen foods without slowly wasting away.

Ben

Size of refugium, competition for food and nutrient exportation are very limiting factors as well. I agree about the frozen foods success, even though they may eat the frozen foods, they probably will not be able live out their full lifespan depending only on frozen foods.

 

[fishyguy43]

i live on Long Island to and i wouldnt suggest using the sand lol