Reusing sand from 3 month old tank

[Spfd60]

I just moved my tank to a new house 3 months ago. At that time i replaced my sand. I just purchased a new tank since the seams on my old tank are starting to fail. I am taking everything out of my tank today and will have the new tank plumbed up ready for everything by Friday. Would it be ok to keep the sand in a tub with water, powerhead and heater or should I bite the bullet and replace the sand again?

Thanks

 

[andiesreef]

i think you should be fine. in fact, carting over beneficial bacteria in the sand might help jumpstart your new setup.

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

No reason to trash and replace your sand. Put it in a bucket and rinse it in hose water until the water runs clean. Run a few gallons of rodi over it then into the new tank.

If you are witching over most components and rock, your tank won't need a jump start. It's already started. You'll lose some bac on the old tank walls but the new tank will quickly colonize and you shouldn't have any "break in cycle"

 

[Spfd60]

Thank You everyone.

 

[r4rlee]

I just moved my tank to a new house 3 months ago. At that time i replaced my sand. I just purchased a new tank since the seams on my old tank are starting to fail. I am taking everything out of my tank today and will have the new tank plumbed up ready for everything by Friday. Would it be ok to keep the sand in a tub with water, powerhead and heater or should I bite the bullet and replace the sand again?

Thanks

I just change tanks I upgraded from a 13.5 gallon to 125 gallon I kept my Sand and like you’re suggesting had it in a bucket with water and the heater and it seems to have been ok