metal particles in live sand!...should i worry or not!?

[danielcassar]

Hi all,my friend gave me his live sand since he stopped with the hobby....and coincidently i found that in the live sand there are very tinny metal particles! these were found cause my glass cleaner magnet fell in the bucket and when i picked it there were tiny black particles with it!.....should i remove the sand that i already put in the refugium?

thanks

[Reefing Madness]

Heavy metals in a Reef tank are very bad. I'd pull it myself. But what kind of metal is it that has survived being in saltwater for so long?

[danielcassar]

Heavy metals in a Reef tank are very bad. I'd pull it myself. But what kind of metal is it that has survived being in saltwater for so long?

they are just black tiny particles.....which were caught by the magnet when i went over the sand!.....to be on a safe side i removed all the sand from the refugium!