play sand
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its playground sand and yes you can buy it at lowes or home depot. i use pool filter sand its easier to clean
I know when I lived in Georgia pool filter sand ran $5 for 50lb bag. Its easier to clean because it is coarser then play sand.
Howdy,
If you have a planted tank - great substrate! It still contains clay etc that serves as natural root fertilizer. If you don't have/want plants, then get pool filter sand. Just as cheap, but less of a mess!
HarleyK
If you have a planted tank - great substrate! It still contains clay etc that serves as natural root fertilizer. If you don't have/want plants, then get pool filter sand. Just as cheap, but less of a mess!
HarleyK
play sand freaking sucks
its too light... it floats in the water, gets in your filters and they start making noise
pain in the ass to clean bc it is sucked up too easily. And you can see waste with ease, so you will want to clean it often.
Save yourself the hassell of changing out later... get a heavier sand
its too light... it floats in the water, gets in your filters and they start making noise
pain in the ass to clean bc it is sucked up too easily. And you can see waste with ease, so you will want to clean it often.
Save yourself the hassell of changing out later... get a heavier sand
I do have a somewhat planted tank. Kind of new to the planted thing, have plants in my 125 with very big natural gravel.
Was wanting to switch the media over to sand for aesthetic and plant substrate reasons.
Can anyone suggest any other sand thats cheap and works well and comes in black?
Also when doing water changes how do you go about cleaning the substrate? I feel the gravel vac would suck up/stir up the sand too much.
Was wanting to switch the media over to sand for aesthetic and plant substrate reasons.
Can anyone suggest any other sand thats cheap and works well and comes in black?
Also when doing water changes how do you go about cleaning the substrate? I feel the gravel vac would suck up/stir up the sand too much.
black sand is expensive. I got some on ebay, $60 for 100 lbs. If you can find 3M colorquartz, I think it is a bit cheaper.
To clean the sand, hold the end of the hose just above the sand and it shouldn't suck much sand up, but it will get everything else.
To clean the sand, hold the end of the hose just above the sand and it shouldn't suck much sand up, but it will get everything else.