Who wants southdown sand?

[regal]

http://www.yardright.com/sand.htm#playsand

I got my sand for the 400g more than a year ago from a local nurseries. I called them today to see if they can order some for me. The manager told me she would try. But to order it, she will have to order a truckful with like 10 pellets, something like 20 bags per pellet. Any how, it is a sh1t load. So I told her I will need 20-40 bags.

So lets have a head count.

Regal 20
Chris 2-5
House 120?
sjlesq 6

 

[loismustdie]

I'll take at least 2 bags, maybe 5.

 

[House of Laughter]

Would love to see the price on this baby to mine it and bring it up from down south. What price did they quote you? Also, I am pretty sure a pallet is 120 bags. If the price was right, I'd take a pallet.

House

 

[regal]

I am pretty sure a pallet is 120 bags.

House

It is a pellet, not a pallet Jim. :joke: I think I paid $8.00 for a bag more than a year ago. You want 120 bags?

 

[DevIouS]

Main Entry: pallet
Function: noun
1 : a wooden flat-bladed instrument
2 : a lever or surface in a timepiece that receives an impulse from the escapement wheel and imparts motion to a balance or pendulum
3 : a portable platform for handling, storing, or moving materials and packages (as in warehouses, factories, or vehicles)



:lol:

You had me thinking I was saying it wrong all this time.

 

[DevIouS]

:backtotop

 

[sjlesq]

I am setting up a 225 so I probably need about 300 pounds
sal

 

[regal]

Don't want to get everyone's hope up. I hope she can get it for us. I'll keep you guys posted.

 

[fritz]

aren't they like 25lb bags?

Aren't they 25lb bags? If so I'll take 4.

 

[coralcrazy]

LOL i would like 1 pellets..do they expand into bags when wet..... ..

 

[masterswimmer]

Aren't they 25lb bags? If so I'll take 4.

I believe they are either 40 or 50 lb bags. Not 20.

They are pallets, not pellets. Pellets are the things that come out of :bunnies:

master

 

[kimoyo]

Are y'all sure this stuff is low in phosphorous like southdown? How are you sure?

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2005/2/short

If this stuff is southdown and low in phosphorous I'm down for 5-6 40lb or 50lb bags at $8 each.

 

[bad coffee]

I'll take 2

 

[regal]

Are y'all sure this stuff is low in phosphorous like southdown? How are you sure?

I do not know for sure. You can do your own research. But that's what I have in my tank and that is what I'm ordering. Take it or leave it.

 

[kimoyo]

Thanks, I leave it then.

 

[chasesng]

i would approach this with extreme caution. yardright is a brandname used by old castle, an $8 billion aggregate company. old castle also purchased the southdown name at one point which i believe leads many to assume that yardright = southdown.

i called the product manager at old castle's pennsylvania production and distibution facility in january this year. he told me that old castle has discontinued its sale of southdown aragonite sand....apparently the mining company that sourced it for oldcastle went under.

i dont believe the the yardright product is exactly the same. i wish you luck and would love to find out i'm wrong, but i'd be very concerned that you guys are going to wind up with a truckload of unusable sand. even if its aragonite, this company makes lots of different products and i would be very suspect of quality control. ie, you got the stuff bagged right after they finished a couple of shifts of fertilizer.