Looking for a TON of Sand

[samster]

either if u have a ton in ur basment or a 2lb bag stashed under your tank stand LMK i need TONS of it -=P lol :tongue1:


FREE, Priced, whatever let me kno i need a TON thanks :lol:
later - Sam

 

[bad coffee]

Sam, check with ESV. see if they're ready to sell their white sand. If you need reference, check the prattreef thread.

B

 

[House of Laughter]

Sam,

I have 40 bags of the southdown equivalent that I can sell you if you need. I believe I paid 6.99 per 50lb bag of this - if you want, I can bring to you on my next swing through bklyn/queens, but only if you pay before delivery.

LMK if you want it all, or only some of it.

BC, ESV won't have theirs ready for awhile and it's going to be alot more than 6.99 for a 50lb bag. Should be priced around $25 for a 20lb bag. FWIW

House

 

[Oliver]

sent pm

 

[samster]

i had the playsand toos it was pretty bad! what is equilvent to southdown??? i had an crazy algae problem with the playsand i dunno was it because it contained silcias or whatevers mabe if u give me more info on ur playsand but i prolly think i would pass on the playsand idea, kind of scared lol mabe a brand name or somthing? thanks

anybody using that play sand in their tanks? have you been using it for awhile?

any more sand sellers or giverrs? LMK i need tons~ -=) thanks for lookin guys

 

[joseney21]

house whats the equivalent??i could use about 6 bags if you have any more left...LMK, thanks

 

[samster]

house this is goin in my tank so lmk what brand is it and had u ever ran into problems with it thanks i dont really need a ton lol mabe 6-7 bags or so will do

 

[Hitsnorth]

I have a bucket of sand you are welcome to. It came out of my old tank and has been sitting around for a while.

 

[Mr.Blik]

Hello guys....I got 5 bags for my 110 set up last April from House and no ill effect. NO algae or problems with my fish. Sand is fully alive now and kicking! All is doing awesome...pics of tank in my gallery.

House has the goods!

Mr.Blik

 

[alti]

playsand is fine. ive used it for many years with no ill effects. aragonite(southdown) is better, but the silica is fine too. its a myth that silica sand will release silicates into the water. the only drawback to silica sand is the shape of the particles. if you look at it under a microscope you will see that the particles are very sharp and pointy. this may slightly irritate some of the creatures in the sand bed and maybe some sand dwelling corals, but not severely in any case.

 

[samster]

well the guys that got this sand from house is it whitekastle? yardright? southdown? i really wanna see mabe a close up picture of how it looks in your tank? but whatever at $7 a pop i might just try it again since all u guys givin good recomendations to it

 

[Mr.Blik]

Samster, I would highly recommend House?s sand. Like I said in my previous post, I have had it for some time with no ill effect on anything. Corals are fine, feather dusters even my checkerboard wrasse which sleeps in the sand bed is great.

I also know of another member, Junglebase, which picked up a few bags from House. In any event here are a few pics of the tank with as close of the sand shots as I have. For what it is worth?.good luck.

DSB RULE!!!

The DSB

Grumpy



I also have a video of my tank on my thread which may show the sand.....(download beware)

http://media.putfile.com/110-Gal-Reef

 

[House of Laughter]

Blik all, thanks -

Jose it's Kolorscape which is a southdown blend - not 100% southdown, but it works - passed the vinegar fizz test. I have 3 bags in my fish system and there has never been an algae problem (nothing past standard diatoms etc) and as you can see from Blik's tank - all is well - we set the whole thing up togeher about 6 months ago and it;s been kicking large ever since.

LMK<

House

 

[samster]

lols there u g0 not white kastle !! old kastle~ lol

 

[bad coffee]

white castle. now I"m hungry

B

 

[remy109]

I've been running my system with the southdown mixed with arragolive, I don't seem to have any algae problems. The system i currently have has been running for about 10 months. I also used the same mix of southdown and arragolive about 3 years ago on my old system which i brokedown about a year ago.

 

[remy109]

btw, I was looking for another 40lb bag of playsand, Anyone know where i can pickup a bag? brooklyn/NYC Home Depot Don't sell this, My friend in NJ was able to pickup a few bags about 4 years ago and he's out of it also