Where to get a large bag of safe Hermit sand

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Re: Where to get a large bag of safe Hermit sand

Post by Ginger »

So, when washing, you may lose a lot of the finer sand grains (aka. dust)? I have a gravel base on my aquarium, so I have never needed to wash sand. Will the larger grains (and thus coarser sand) still be fine for the moulting crabs?
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Re: Where to get a large bag of safe Hermit sand

Post by appps »

I figure if it doesn't kill them on the beach it's not going to hurt them in my tank.

Even quite large sand is still going to be a lot smaller than aquarium gravel which is the one that's not recommended for them.
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Re: Where to get a large bag of safe Hermit sand

Post by Ginger »

Ok, thanks very much!
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