Southdown Sand

AK_Sandsifter · Jun 9, 2004

After reading a very inspiring thread on another forum I am going for a DSB aquarium.
The word is that Home Depot is the carrier. Well I called every Home Depot in Alaska and most of Western Washington and no one carries it. Is there somewhere else I can get it? (on-line maybe?)

I have a nice 150 Gallon that I plan on setting up. I'd kinda like to know what else, specificaly, is necessary to maintain a natural DSB filtration system. I'll chekc out the stickies and other posts as much as I can to find out, but, if someone has a quick list, it would be much appreciated.

I really like the idea of all the critters in the sand and the lack of mechanical filtration.

I guess I would like to know some easy starter fish too, I checked out the 'what not to have as a noob' thread already.

Any help is much appreciated. Thanks!

jessie · Jun 9, 2004

i used sand from wal-mart that was made by old castle. there was a thread about it earlier and it seems to have worked well for me. as far as maintence, all i have done is siphon some of the excess debris once a week or so. my snails and crabs seem to do a good job of stirring the sand. as far as fish go, it depends on what your gonna do, reef, fowlr or aggresive/predator tank. if you have made that decision im sure theres plenty of peeps with lots of suggestions for the one you choose.

Ray Pollett · Jun 10, 2004

You do not have to use the argonite for a deep sand bed. It is the size of the grains that matter. I regularly set up customer's tanks with the gray play sand sold at Home Depot and Lowes. If you must have the argonite you can order it here: http://www.purearagonite.com/

Ray

becky_e · Jun 10, 2004

We also didn't use Southdown (wasn't available.) We ended up using regular play sand and one bag of aragonite from our LFS. It costs even less than Southdown.

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