Yesterday, I moved my 45g saltwater setup into a 20g tank, so obviously there is some excess sand (I was able to get all the live rock to fit 
). It had been set up long enough that it is "live sand" at this point, so I wondered if anyone knows the best way to clean / store it so that it would be usable in the future. I know it will not be live at that point, but if I switch back up to a larger tank at some point the matching sand would be nice to mix back in.
I was thinking just a real good rinse, and drying it, then storing it. Does it even need a rinse, or will just drying work? I thought that no rinse might make it smell, since it is fresh out of a running tank. It shouldn't matter if it is rinsed w/ tap water, because it is not going to be staying live anyways, right? Drying: spreading it out and air drying as much as possible the best method? Then, should it be stored in a closed container or an open one (will be stored in my basement, where things are prone to mold...).
Thanks for any suggestions.
). It had been set up long enough that it is "live sand" at this point, so I wondered if anyone knows the best way to clean / store it so that it would be usable in the future. I know it will not be live at that point, but if I switch back up to a larger tank at some point the matching sand would be nice to mix back in. I was thinking just a real good rinse, and drying it, then storing it. Does it even need a rinse, or will just drying work? I thought that no rinse might make it smell, since it is fresh out of a running tank. It shouldn't matter if it is rinsed w/ tap water, because it is not going to be staying live anyways, right? Drying: spreading it out and air drying as much as possible the best method? Then, should it be stored in a closed container or an open one (will be stored in my basement, where things are prone to mold...).
Thanks for any suggestions.
