HD/Lowes and Sand

[Doahh]

I need the finest aquarium safe (Of Course ) sand I can find. Does Home Depot or Lowes carry Aquarium Safe extra fine sand? This will be for my 90 gallon tank and I want about a 1 inch sand bed... How many pounds would I need?

 

[mpoletti]

That should be fine for your FW tank

 

[Doahh]

no no no I'm going salt FOWLR Aggressive (and my mini tang) and then reef when I get good lights.

 

[mpoletti]

Oh- Go to YR and get some fine and med arogonite. Its usually $.99/Lb. I know they have three different grades and I know that O st have the same selection at the same price.

 

[Doahh]

never mind on that amount of sand... I need a single cubic foot

But does HD sell extra fine sand?

 

[mpoletti]

It has copper in its sand. No Bueno.

 

[Doahh]

oh ok I'll have to go check it out I may get 1.5 cubic feet just to be safe

 

[mpoletti]

If you plan on being able to syphon it when cleaning, you should get a heavier grade so you don't syphon it out during water changes.

 

[Doahh]

I won't be siphoning the sand. I'll have some form of sand shifter for that


Does YR have white sand?

 

[bluenassarius]

check this out if your looking for white sand.. comparable to southdown

http://safesand.stores.yahoo.net/ornatplaysan.html

 

[Doahh]

I like how it says straight up how it is safe for aquariums...
Would 50 pounds be enough to have a 1 inch cover?

 

[mpoletti]

Yes on YR and the white sand. I had an aggressive FOWLR tank and that is why I ask these questions.

 

[bluenassarius]

if your looking to get alot, lmk i'd like to get some also for my new setup

 

[Doahh]

I'll have t see how much and what the sand looks like at YR

 

[bored4long]

Does anyone have a Copper test kit I can borrow? I have some DoloWhite sand (very fine white dolomite sand) and I wonder if it will work. Only $3.60/50lb!

 

[bored4long]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10213486#post10213486 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bluenassarius
check this out if your looking for white sand.. comparable to southdown

http://safesand.stores.yahoo.net/ornatplaysan.html

Hey, this place is located in San Francisco. I'll probably be making a trip down there to one of the fish wholesalers in the next few weeks. We should make a trip of it and pick up a truckload of sand, too.

- Mark