Sand dollars

[TORX]

Hypothetically of coarse...if some very nice family member brought home some sand dollars off of a beach somewhere and gave them to me thinking they would be great tank decorations and knowing that I would enjoy them...how dangerous is it to tank them. RO/DI for a few weeks first? They were only sun bleeched/dryed.

Hypothetically of coarse...I wouldn't want to do anything illegal  :?

 

[pulpfiction1]

id boil or bake first,maybe bleach?????

 

[Neopimp]

i'd toss them in they have been bleached in the sun for god knows how long.

 

[TORX]

Great...2 guys opposite opinions...where is the tie breaker? Thatvis if I have a half dozen or so of them

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[davesolo29]

I would leave in some rodi for a bit.


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[AdamS]

Great...2 guys opposite opinions...where is the tie breaker? I am have a half dozen or so of them

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I thought you said this was hypothetical?
I would rinse them, why chance it?

 

[TORX]

[quote author=Torx link=topic=6024.msg58002#msg58002 date=1376521388]
Great...2 guys opposite opinions...where is the tie breaker? I am have a half dozen or so of them

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I thought you said this was hypothetical?
I would rinse them, why chance it?
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Oops...I mean if someone was to have a half dozen lol

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[copperkills]

Nothing illegal about bringing back dead sand dollars or even coral skeletons that im aware of.  I brought a nice sized shell back from Panama and dropped it right in the tank.  No issues.

 

[TORX]

Nothing illegal about bringing back dead sand dollars or even coral skeletons that im aware of.  I brought a nice sized shell back from Panama and dropped it right in the tank.  No issues.

Oh well if that is the case LoL.  8)

 

[Reef Hero]

As far as legal issues go, I imagine it will depend on where you collected them from......I would bet that it is actually prohibited to take them from the beach but I doubt many people would really care.
If you want to be safe, you know the answer is clean them well and rinse well with rodi.....you never know what could be on them....

 

[Salty Cracker]

Big tank...chuck em in.  Small tank, clean them first

 

[DerekL]

When I went to Cancun I brought back a few coral skeletons I had found on the beach. Customs let it slide but told me I could get shit cuz they don't know if I collected them alive and let them die. You could clearly see sand erosion on them but eh customs likes to flex there bicepts. Anyways this year we brought me kids and my son collected a ton of conch shells and I figured they wouldn't bother a kid which they didn't even say a word but they can. At least this is out of mexico. Anyways I don't think I would personally just drop them in could have residual sunscreen or who knows what on them.

 

[copperkills]

When I went to Cancun I brought back a few coral skeletons I had found on the beach. Customs let it slide but told me I could get shit cuz they don't know if I collected them alive and let them die. You could clearly see sand erosion on them but eh customs likes to flex there bicepts. Anyways this year we brought me kids and my son collected a ton of conch shells and I figured they wouldn't bother a kid which they didn't even say a word but they can. At least this is out of mexico. Anyways I don't think I would personally just drop them in could have residual sunscreen or who knows what on them.

Big difference between removing coral from a protected reef and cleaning up the beach of a few dead coral skeletons