Play sand from Home Depot was already wet
Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2023 1:35 pm
So I decided it was time to replace my crab’s substrate yesterday. I want to Home Depot for the tried and true play sand. I think I ended up with a different brand than I’ve had before, but the sand was already moist. Knowing it was play sand and supposed to be safe, I didn’t worry too much about it, and went ahead and threw it in my tank with some Eco earth (5:1 ratio). As I was going to bed I started thinking and wondered if I should have rinsed the sand or gotten a different brand that wasn’t moist or something since the water that this sand was moistened with was assumedly not dechlorinated??? But I found a couple of slightly related posts on here saying the chlorine probably has evaporated already or will soon and the crab will be fine. I did moisten the eco earth with dechlorinated salt water if that helps. So I assume and think everything’s probably fine, but just wanted to double check with people that know more. If I have to go buy more sand it’s no big deal since it’s cheap, it’s just a pain in the butt to have to change it out since it’s so heavy lol!