Play sand-Home Depot?

[NatashaAliza]

Oh yeah PFS is a lot easier to clean because its heavier and also wont get sucked into your filters as easily.

 

[akskirmish]

i recently used playsand from home depot(rinsed reallyeasy)my geos love it and sodoes my plecos,onlytook a few hours tocler the little cloudiness.1 hour after i changed substrate(just rinse really well and you should have no problems)
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Thanks for the pics....

I'm not sure on stock that my local water supply has...But if they have enough I will use roughly 120 pounds of TMS and then roughly 280 pounds of PFS to complete my mix. But if not enough on hand of PFS I will have to resort to playsand.

 

[akskirmish]

I use pool filter sand for all my eels. I have a zigzag, peacock, and a baby TT. They all love it most of the time I just see a funny little face poking out of the sand till feeding time :]

How long have you had the Eel's in sand?

Do you think there might be a problem with a mix of TMS(120 pounds) to (280 pounds) of PFS?

 

[NatashaAliza]

I've had the peacock and the zigzag for almost 2years together with PFS and there doing great. The TT is in another tank (w/ PFS) I recently got him a couple months ago but hes doing great. None of the eels have ever had any skin irrationals or problems with the sand what so ever. The only thing I could say about mixing the sane is PFS only comes in one color, which is a whitish-tan.

 

[akskirmish]

I've had the peacock and the zigzag for almost 2years together with PFS and there doing great. The TT is in another tank (w/ PFS) I recently got him a couple months ago but hes doing great. None of the eels have ever had any skin irrationals or problems with the sand what so ever. The only thing I could say about mixing the sane is PFS only comes in one color, which is a whitish-tan.

Thanks again for said info...

I will make the decision on the mix or not....But nayhow this seems the route I will go.



Cheers
Ak

 

[Industrial]

Play sand is an absolute nightmare. I have a 33 long with sand. The sand destroyed both my filters causing me to have to recycle my tank (with fish in it now). I ended up using hydor sponge filters which still get clogged up with sand on a regular basis. I am now in the process of siphoning out a few LBS of sand each WC until the tank is bare.

 

[Experiment397]

wow this thread helped me out, i have been trying to decide what sand to use for my 1`25 cichlid tank, and like the op was worried about my bottom dwellers, 1 ornate and 3 pictus pim catfish, getting irritated skin.

 

[akskirmish]

Play sand is an absolute nightmare. I have a 33 long with sand. The sand destroyed both my filters causing me to have to recycle my tank (with fish in it now). I ended up using hydor sponge filters which still get clogged up with sand on a regular basis. I am now in the process of siphoning out a few LBS of sand each WC until the tank is bare.

Yeah might be more of a problem for you on the 33 long.
Myself am useing a 30 inch tall tank.So wont have the same issues unless my eel decides to get frisky...But that rarely happens...He is a gently giant. I will also house my bigger clown knife in said tank as well.....

 

[akskirmish]

wow this thread helped me out, i have been trying to decide what sand to use for my 1`25 cichlid tank, and like the op was worried about my bottom dwellers, 1 ornate and 3 pictus pim catfish, getting irritated skin.

Glad it has helped more than me then......
So are you still undecided or are you going a certain route now? If so which have you choosen?

 

[honda237]

wow all the haters on the play sand, i love the play sand in 50lb bags from home depot, thats all i use. I never rinse it when i get it, and it doesn't cloud my tank up at all, and its decently heavy, its not as heavy as pfs but i prefer it over the white sand.