Playsand? Who uses it?

[TipStylez]

Ok, i been to homedepot, and lowes.

Couldnt find any play sand that was a decent color other then white.

All they had, was the grey sand, that looks close to the natrual sand at my local lake.

Anyone use that color? And have a pic so i can see how it looks in water and ect?

Also, where can i get a tanish natrual look sand and not have to pay almost 30bucks for a bag?

Thanks

 

[is300zx]

This is the play sand that I got from Home Depot.

 

[Rallysman]

the play sand i had was so fine it almost looked like mud. I liked the pool filter sand better. the play sand in the pic above looks much better than the crap that I had.

 

[TipStylez]

I looked at the pool filter sand, all they had was the ones of chemicals in it.

I might just go with the white sand, and mix some river rocks into it to give it a more mixed color look.

But...they only sell them in 100pound bags. Haha, anyone need sand? Its $10 a bag.

Kinda like this pic.
http://s88.photobucket.com/albums/k...urrent=318da470.jpg&refPage=&imgAnch=imgAnch6

 

[Sal329]

I use it. Mine looks very close to beach sand.

 

[coupedefleur]

I looked at the "Deluxe" washed play sand at Lowes, and it varied considerably from bag to bag. Some was very fine, some was coarser, and some had a salt-and-pepper look where some grains were darker than others.

I would guess that they have different sand suppliers across the country, and each one probably has several quarries that have different types of sand. Bulk products like sand don't get shipped across the country if they don't have to.

 

[TipStylez]

Is silica sand safe? There was a warning saying its dangerious, but forgot what it said.

 

[Chickieepooh2u]

I got my play sand from the local gravel pit, as much as I wanted for free. It's the tan color you mentioned and a pretty fine grain too. Don't suppose you have a gravel pit nearby huh?

 

[kmgriff72]

My question is, if you use play sand do you have to do anything special to it before adding it into the tank?

 

[Rallysman]

My question is, if you use play sand do you have to do anything special to it before adding it into the tank?

rinse it like crazy