Where to get Live Sand and/or Mud

PSU4ME · Jan 6, 2021

Hi All,
I’m looking to set my refugium up and am wanting to get some legit live sand and mud (mud slurry etc) to put into two trays I’m having made. Also, looking to ship overnight, in water to preserve as much as possible.

Was looking for some help on sources. I’ve been in contact with the below but no one has everything:
KP Aquatics
Ipsf
TB saltwater (not taking orders)
Gulf live rock

Any others out there that you know of? Wouldn’t mind getting it from different sources as well.

Appreciate the help!

tripdad · Jan 6, 2021

I got it from Floridapets.com, live mud that is. The tank acted a bit weird for a day or two then settled down and was fine. It was a new dry rock start so was looking for diversity.

fisher99 · Jan 6, 2021

tripdad said:
I got it from Floridapets.com, live mud that is. The tank acted a bit weird for a day or two then settled down and was fine. It was a new dry rock start so was looking for diversity.

You can try Salty Bottom Reef Co

PSU4ME · Jan 6, 2021

Thanks!

FL pets is out of stock at the moment. I’ll take a look at salty bottom

fishface NJ · Jan 6, 2021

: : : : Indo-Pacific Sea Farms : : : :

Indo-Pacific Sea Farms produces captive-bred marine life for healthier reef aquariums: invertebrates, detritivores, live sand, snail grazers, amphipods, beneficial worms, macro algae, plankton, corals, coral food and beneficial bacteria.

www.ipsf.com

PSU4ME · Jan 6, 2021

You think 2-3 day shipping defeats the purpose of live sand? Would there be considerable die off?

PSU4ME · Jan 7, 2021

Anyone still think GARF is good stuff?

dochow · Jan 14, 2021

I did 10lbs KP live rock and got amazing stuff from it. Also so bad hitchhikers that I sorted out in QT before going into my display.

i have an order from IPSF coming next week which is a clean up crew, sand, wondermud and more.

still not sure if I’m going to use the sand and mud honestly. I’ve been pretty good to avoid hitchhikers so far and I’m nervous to introduce the sand and mud directly to my DT system since I can’t really QT it and evaluate it.

PSU4ME · Jan 14, 2021

I just got 40# of KP rock on Tuesday, shipped in water which was great, zero losses. Have 6 cups of sand and 6 cups of mud coming Saturday from Florida pets. Tuesday I getting a huge snail and invert order from reef cleaners and then I’m getting an IPSF order next Friday with mud/sand and critters. This ought to fire up the bee sump and refugium!

Planning on QTing it all and pumping it with phyto.

Seamore2001 · Feb 10, 2021

PSU4ME said:
Anyone still think GARF is good stuff?

Wow, that's a blast from the past. Is GARF still around? I just looked at their page(s). Looks just like it did 20 years ago. But I can't tell if it's actually active....

PSU4ME · Feb 10, 2021

I think it is but I went with Florida pets

xxkenny90xx · Feb 10, 2021

Seamore2001 said:
Wow, that's a blast from the past. Is GARF still around? I just looked at their page(s). Looks just like it did 20 years ago. But I can't tell if it's actually active....

Garfs grunge is still around (but ya, the website needs an update for sure). I believe the original owner passed away but the wife is still working (unless I'm thinking of another company).

There are some recent pictures and reviews here

GARF Grunge for Biodiversity?

I ordered some GARF Grunge recently, due to reading several articles on people's battles with dino's and going through that myself. Seems in the cases i read about, when adding a good source of diversity, it helps significantly in the fight. My question is has anyone ordered grunge lately...

www.reef2reef.com

Seamore2001 · Feb 10, 2021

xxkenny90xx said:
Garfs grunge is still around (but ya, the website needs an update for sure). I believe the original owner passed away but the wife is still working (unless I'm thinking of another company).

There are some recent pictures and reviews here

GARF Grunge for Biodiversity?

I ordered some GARF Grunge recently, due to reading several articles on people's battles with dino's and going through that myself. Seems in the cases i read about, when adding a good source of diversity, it helps significantly in the fight. My question is has anyone ordered grunge lately...

www.reef2reef.com

Thanks for posting that. Back when we all got live rock from the Pacific, I could never see the reason to get Garf grunge. But nowadays, this stuff might actually make sense. I do miss the diversity that came with fresh LR.