Buying Sand Help

[barracauda]

Want to buy sand for my 50breeder, don't want anything too expensive, but i don't want to buy sand that i will have to clean every 10 mins.

 

[howze01]

Do you have rock for it already? I got a sweet deal on rock/sand for the 50b I just set up. More than enough sand for both the DT and a good fuge

 

[barracauda]

I dont have rock yet, how much did it cost for both rock and sand?

 

[howze01]

I got the rock and sand from Reef Rocks and it was $100 for 40lbs of rock and 80lbs of sand shipped. It was actually too much sand, I have about 15 or so lbs left. Not going to find it much cheaper than that. Really nice rock too, the same stuff Ultra Corals sells.

 

[barracauda]

do you have pics of the rock?

 

[howze01]

There are some pics of it in this thread:

http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/ultra-corals-fish/111980-reef-rock-2.html

The other good thing I forgot to mention is that if you email him prior to ordering, he will include shelves or he will cut the bottom of some rock flat for base rock. I bothered him a lot when I got mine and he was great to deal with.

 

[reefjunkie09]

Petsmart has Carribsea live aragonite sand on sale for the best price I have ever seen. I recommend sugar fine grain size as the larger u go uneaten food and detritus will eventually work it's way into your sand bed and cause all kinds of problems. As for rock go to bulkreefsupply.com and get dry reef saver rock! It's like 2.10 a pound, free of algea and critters, and good for the enviroment. Hope this helps