where did you get your sand?

salty420

salty420

this fish was coming on to me
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so im going to be need a whole heck of a lot more sand for my upgrade than i originally thought. here's my plan. i thought maybe i should scrape the top 1/2 inch or so of my current LS off to seed the new sand i get for the new tank and use the rest in my new refugium along with some new sand to make a nice DSB in there. so i'd be needing something like 80-100# or so of new sand for the display tank and 10# or so for the fuge. i was thinking about being cheap and using playsand but im not sure im willing to take that risk. after all im dumping so much cash into this upgrade i'd feel pretty dumb trying to save some $$ going with playsand and regretting it later. SO, it looks like it may actually be cheaper to by "live" sand off ebay then to by aragonite at my lfs (not my super cheap basement guy an actual store). does anyone have any advice for me? any store online i should check out? THANKS! kat
 
Marine Depot actually has some good prices on their sand even with shipping. I bought mine locally as my store sold the sugar aragonite because I didn't want to wait but I still paid like 20 bucks for 10 lbs. I do believe marine d is cheaper than that..
 
I went with 90 pounds from marine depot. I think shipping went up from when I bought it almost a year ago, but it's still a good price when compared with what I would pay in store.
 
i actually got my sand from that guy on ebay. it is good quality sand. i like it alot. he will send you 30lbs of sand, 2 snails, small chunck of cheato, and two small pieces of rock. it has turned out great in my tank.
 
donk18 said:
i actually got my sand from that guy on ebay. it is good quality sand. i like it alot. he will send you 30lbs of sand, 2 snails, small chunck of cheato, and two small pieces of rock. it has turned out great in my tank.
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well thats good to know. i may get a burrowing goby in there so a little bit bigger grain would actually be what i want.

scootrnerd said:
do not use play sand! it contains hi levels of silica and you will always have a diatom problem even after your cycle!
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this is soooo highly debated tho. i've been doing some reading and finding research showing that this is not true. BUT, like i said, i really am not willing to take the risk.
 
salty420 said:
well thats good to know. i may get a burrowing goby in there so a little bit bigger grain would actually be what i want.
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You would be correct. You would want it larger so his bunkers don't cave in..

salty420 said:
this is soooo highly debated tho. i've been doing some reading and finding research showing that this is not true. BUT, like i said, i really am not willing to take the risk.
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you know I've read a lot about it as well.. Some people seem to have a ton of success and others just have problems all over the place. I might do a test with it on a smaller tank.
 
salty420 said:
well thats good to know. i may get a burrowing goby in there so a little bit bigger grain would actually be what i want.



this is soooo highly debated tho. i've been doing some reading and finding research showing that this is not true. BUT, like i said, i really am not willing to take the risk.
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i cant speak for everyone. but i had my 33 set up as a sw for about a year with "play sand" and i always had diatom problems. it even says on the bag "contains high levels of silicates" but your choice just puttin in my 3 cent lol
 
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