Is there any cheap sand anymore?

[SouthBayPhoto]

Hey all"¦

I was wondering if there is any cheap, safe, sand to use anymore?

I read on here about the Oldcastle play sand and such but you can no longer get it. Does that mean we are stuck paying the super expensive prices of the "œlive sand" like CaribSea from BRS?

I was hoping to put like 200 pounds of cheap sand in and then like 60-75# of the live sand to seed it. But I can't find any safe cheap sand.

Thoughts?

 

[zheka757]

check on petco website, not long ago someone have posted carib sea sand what was sold for $50 on brs, was for $20 on petco website.
I actually almost purchased it for future consideration...




found the link that they posted, here it is
https://www.petsmart.com/fish/decor...ibsea-aragonite-aquarium-reef-sand-16742.html

 

[VWD]

Also check Chewy. Com , they ship for free after like 50.00 purchase

 

[SouthBayPhoto]

Thank you both. I may not need as much sand as I thought talking with my LFS that really seem to know their way around reefs. But I’ll look into Petsmart and Chewy. ����

 

[reefinJ]

check on petco website, not long ago someone have posted carib sea sand what was sold for $50 on brs, was for $20 on petco website.
I actually almost purchased it for future consideration...




found the link that they posted, here it is
https://www.petsmart.com/fish/decor...ibsea-aragonite-aquarium-reef-sand-16742.html

One local guy recently got sands from Petco. One of the cheap around

 

[SouthBayPhoto]

Thanks, ReefinJ.

I just wanted to make sure it wasn't silicate sand as I was reading here that isn't a good way to go.

I'm actually reading the "new tank" thread, but it was started in 2003. I know things could have changed since then...I mean that's like 18 years ago.

But I figured that a lot of it is still decent info, so that's why I'm going through that massive thread. Figured it probably couldn't hurt. But a lot of references aren't available any longer (such as the OldCastle sand). :-(