caribsea live sand

[saltnmyeye]

what kind of "critters" might I find in Caribsea Live sand??

 

[Len]

There's really not much in it as far as I could tell. I believe all that you can expect is bacteria that may aid in faster nitrification. Personally, I'd just buy the "dead" stuff and seed it myself with a few pounds of genuine live sand.

 

[saltnmyeye]

I did just that. I bought sterilized playsand, and seeded it with live sand. I read somewhere that it had small crustaceans in it. Just curious.

 

[Anonymous]

I did just that. I bought sterilized playsand, and seeded it with live sand. I read somewhere that it had small crustaceans in it. Just curious.

there is live sand that has animals in it, it just doesn't come in a sealed bag on the store shelf.
i actually dislike them referring to this stuff as "live" but what can you do?

 

[Anonymous]

There is no organization that oversee the use of terminology in the hobby, so anything that is not completely sterile is live. :roll: