Adding Sand to substrate

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Adding Sand to substrate

Post by kfreestone08 » Sun Aug 30, 2020 12:46 pm

Apologies, I am just getting used to the chat function. I got some play sand from Home Depot that I want to add to the coconut substrate. Do I need to do anything to the sand before I add it like rinse it or bake it? Thank you!

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Re: Adding Sand to substrate

Post by Renroc » Wed Sep 02, 2020 8:50 pm

Hi there, No playsand is fine to add as is. 5 parts sand to 1 part ee is the normal ratio
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Re: Adding Sand to substrate

Post by xambackwards » Sat Sep 05, 2020 7:42 am

make sure not to dig up any crabs, wait until they all come up or add one inch of sub every 24hrs :)


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Re: Adding Sand to substrate

Post by GotButterflies » Sun Sep 13, 2020 1:30 am

Hello! You would still want to moisten it with dechlorinated msw or dechlorinated fw to make it sandcastle consistency before you added it :)
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