I'm about to move my 12g nano from my home in VA back to my school in NY. I had purchased a 20lb back of black tahitian moon sand from DF&S and had been using that. When I first moved the tank from NY to VA, what I did was just throw out the sand in the tank and use the leftover sand I had from before (I used about half and saved half). This worked out fine since the sand was not live (it was dry).
Now, I ordered what I thought was the same sand from DF&S since I'm now out. Little did I know it's no longer the same stuff...
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod...fm?pcatid=21432
I'm not sure this if this live or not but its certainly not dry and the bag says it contains buffers and "helpful bacteria" (