Home Depot sand?

[Gator]

I used about 400 lbs of the Leveling sand from Home Depot without any problems. If its clogging your filters then you didn't rinse it very well and/or your filter intake is to close tot he bottom. just stuff your filters with polyester fiber fill for a week or so and change it daily and you'll have no problems with it.

 

[Freezekougra]

pool filter sand is great, not too dirty, and will look nice. you can use sand blasting sand as well from a masonry yard if you had one close.

I think home depot has mason sand or something

 

[N.C.]

i have used 2 diffrent kinds of sand from home depot in my 75 gal silica sand and play sand both had awful results, i spent hours cleaning the sand and still got cloudy water that just wouldnt go away even with daily water changes. do yourself a favor and use pool filter sand.......

 

[Wulfonce]

Is this the stuff your referring to? I used it in my 90. No problems so far just be sure to rinse it very well.

It took about 3 days for the dust to settle. Here's what it looks like now. Don't mind the random fish and plants. The tanks not set up yet the way I want it. The fish in there now will be relocated to a 20.

 

[Irbanjaxed]

went to ace hardwear and bought playsand worked fine took 2 days to settle

 

[Irbanjaxed]

those pics is what i bought

 

[rob01]

Thanks for all the replies, I think I will go the pool filter sand.

 

[zero_go]

pool filter sand is great but sand is sand

 

[xboroinc]

i got the homedepot sand and it was fine just give it 3 days to settle. i even did it with fish in the tank

 

[Nemesis]

I used the home depot play sand, and it is fine for me. I rinsed it vigorously for 2 days straight, and got no cloudiness. It does however stir up pretty easily, and can clog your filter if you don't keep an eye on it.