My live sand has metal in it

[jbeckett25]

I have had my tank set up for around a year now and have been meaning to ask is it normal to have metals in your live sand? when running algee srapper magnets in tank I have to be careful not to get to close to the sand or it will pick up metal that will scatch the tank have been thinking about dragging a magnet throught the sand to try and pull some out but don't know if this is normal I haven't read anything about this any were well I would like to here your thoughts thanks

 

[Rodoken]

I have no idea on this one but i am going to keep a close eye on this to see the answer.

 

[redsea reefer]

I don't think thats normal and don't even know what to tell you...soon someone here will have an answer for you.

 

[SoccerBum474]

mine does. i have the black live-sand and if you drop a magnet on the sand it picks up this black sandy metal, dont worry it wont do anything to ur tank

 

[rmlevasseur]

I highly doubt that is normal, and if it is, that would suck!

 

[tektite]

I have black sand as well, and it doesn't react to magnets at all.

 

[DrHank]

It certainly doesn't sound normal. In order for a magnet to pick it up, it would have to be an iron containing metal. It shouldn't hurt anything. Iron is FE (ferrous) and is a component of Ferric Oxide Hydroxide (also known as Phosban) which we use to remove phosphates.

 

[dmyers557]

That does not sound right. I would just use the magnet and pull it all out. It can't be too hard, right? Better safe than sorry.