I found this sand at Wal-Mart today - What do you think?

[BruiseAndy]

Does it say made in China on the bag anywhere????

 

[hllywd]

I bought some "Kolorscape" sand for less than 2 bucks at Wal Mart last year. It was calcium based and is still in the garage. Not sure I'm going to use it in the new tank, I sure like the Caribsea in my older tanks...
The "Gulf Coast" stuff sure looks like silica to me. A guy that lives around the corner from me has straight out silica sand in a cube with an eel that likes to burrow in the stuff with no problems... Dunno what it is but I ust don't care for the look.

Tim

 

[hllywd]

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[GuySmilie]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9649699#post9649699 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by hllywd
......The "Gulf Coast" stuff sure looks like silica to me.
Tim

It probably is Tim.
It would not dissolve ANY when I gave it the acid test.
Guy

 

[Vincerama2]

The best source of sand is ... other reefers! Check your local club forums for people leaving the hobby or downsizing, or going bare bottom tank.

We had a group buy for Southdown a couple of years ago, with shipping to a local HD, it actually turned out to be $20 a bag anyway ... though they were 50lb bags, not 20lbs (like the quantity Caribsea sells in its bags).

V

 

[douggiestyle]

something else to check is brick and mortar suppliers. ask for white sand for white mortar. cheap, is not aragonite but looks like it. i believe its white quartz.

 

[GuySmilie]

Yes, back in the beginning that was my first inclination also. But the only two masonry supply outfits in my area had nothing close to what I would have in my tanks.
Guy