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Originally Posted by Phurst  Deep sand hosts anaerobic bacteria that will die if exposed to high levels of oxygen, like if you were to scoop the sand out of the tank. Of course dead stuff decomposes, so you'd have a much higher chance of an ammonia spike. |
My sand bed is about an inch and a half so I went for it. I figured that any die off from that sand would be about the same as the die off I would get from getting a bag of live sand.
Replacement tank is up and running. Waiting for things to settle before I add the fish and coral. They are still sitting on the floor in front of the tank in a 10 gallon. Carpet is still a little damp. All I can do is pray no mold starts growing.
Although I don't see us at this apartment for much longer, (gonna buy) so it's the complex's problem.
Still a lot of debris from the sand and having all that water poured, but it's clearing up. Temp is about a degree cooler than I'd like. The rock is in there for the most part except for the rock that had corals attached (obviously).
