I just picked up my 150 gal today and I wanna use sand. The sand at petsmart is 20 bucks a bag and I dont wanna spend that much. Could I use playsand?
Play Sand?
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Yes, but be sure to rinse well before putting in the tank. Around here it is really dirty.BlackKnife86;992163; said:
No problem.
Play sand and "quickrete" general purpose sand around here is ~$3.00 per 50lbs. at Lowe's/HD.
Again, really dirty, but worth the extra time for cleaning.
Congrats. on the 150.
Play sand and "quickrete" general purpose sand around here is ~$3.00 per 50lbs. at Lowe's/HD.
Again, really dirty, but worth the extra time for cleaning.
Congrats. on the 150.
Agreed, but around here it looks "white" in the tank.Dr Joe;992280; said:
Like a reef setup. To bright for my taste.
You are correct though, needs almost no rinsing at all.
Tan/brown 'playground' sand around here is filthy. I rinsed it 4x, and even used paper towels in the filter to pull dirt out of the water. 2 days later it still looked like mud. I ended up dumping the tank and re-doing it with pool filter sand.
Pool filter sand is more fishkeeper friendly.I have to agree 100%. I went and picked up 300 pounds of playsand at home depot thinking I was going to save a ton of money. Spent 2 days washing it in 5 gallon buckets half full. Kept flushing it with water and it never did really get clear. Eventually jumped it all out in the yard and went and bought some at petco. Instead of saving money, I ended up wasteing $30evercl92;992422; said: