Has anyone noticed South Down changed their label to include

[95galReef]

Yet, Still safe for you Children to ply in...haha

 

[cyberpanther]

So I take it they are switching it to only silica based sand?

 

[cyberpanther]

So I take it they are switching it to only silica based sand?

 

[esmithiii]

Not necessarily. The notice is probably to help them protect their aquarium grade products, which are the same only much more expensive and with a different bag.

Ernie

 

[Jacqui]

It may be a disclaimer of sorts to ward off any lawsuits that could arise from it's use in aquariums with not so good outcomes. Companies today are acutely aware of potential liability.

 

[Ben1]

I agree with Damsel, they probably started getting letters complaining, your aquarium sand southdown caused my tank to crash....

 

[Anonymous]

Silica sand works fine with aquaria by the way. Just doesn't offer any buffering capacity. But who cares if you run a Calc reactor or watch the levels yourself?

 

[Anonymous]

It's called CYA. It is just a disclaimer so they cannot be blamed for livestock losses.

 

[squeezix]

I don't know if they can legally use Silica sand as play sand. All of the Silica-based leveling sand bags I've seen

 

[Anonymous]

squeezstix, the play sand Southdown makes is still the calcium carbonate kind. It just isn't bagged for aquaria and has a disclaimer to make the consumer think that he has to pay 40 times as much.

But I have used silica based and it worked fine. No diatom blooms, contrary to what I expected.