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Posted on: 9/7/2012 10:36 |
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Hi i am setting up a marine tank and was wondering if i could use sand and shell from my local beach, on the east coast of Northern Ireland, as a live substrate.
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Posted on: 9/7/2012 10:40 |
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Probably not - firstly you can't be sure about its quality or whether there are pollutants. Secondly, it's usually illegal to remove sand from UK beaches
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Posted on: 9/7/2012 23:29 |
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not worth the risk, live sands a pointless exercise any way. Put a iece of live rock over a sterile sand substrate and it'll become "live" in a matter of weeks
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