total live sand substrate?

[rodgod20]

This is probably a very stupid question....but is there anything wrong with having a substrate that is total live sand?

I am setting up a 6G NC and the LFS sells substrate in 20 lbs bags, so I can only use half the bag or so, and I would like some ls, so I figured use the whole substrate via ls

what do you think?

[tanker]

Nothing wrong with only/all LS. All my tanks only have LS.

[rodgod20]

Thanks...I didn't think so, but a lot of books i have read said to do 10% live sand, but didn't know a reason more than money. So I was just checking

[bertoni]

The live sand in bags is likely not worth the extra cost, since it has at most some bacteria on it. Using it won't hurt anything, though.

[teena]

if im up grading my 55g to a 75g how much dry, live. & old would you use?

[bertoni]

If you just want an inch of sand for looks, you can use all dry sand. Good-quality live sand is expensive. BillsReef.com gets some good reviews, and InlandAquatics and ipsf.com are vendors I've used for other animals.

[teena]

dont you need some live sand in there,

[bertoni]

Some good live sand might help prevent solidifying, and maybe contribute to a cleaner sandbed, but it's not necessary at all.

[rodgod20]

from what I have been readying 10% ls will seed the rest of the sand. So in your situation, do 1 bag of ls and put the rest dry sand

[teena]

& dont use my old sand at all? i just lost all of my fish about 3 wk ago all i have in there is 2 shrimp.