Pool filter sand

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Can't go wrong with PFS, just make sure you rinse it like others have suggested. Mine is pretty white in color...but I like it a lot.

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nicko378 said:
Black beauty sand is great too if you're looking for cheap black sand. I got 50 pounds for like 5 bucks

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where'd you get that? From what I've read PFS is the same price, and I'd definitely find black interesting, even if just to mix to add some character or something
 
I got it at Tractor Supply Co. Idk if you have one around there but the black beauty sand is used for sand blasting. So call around places like that for sand blasting sand and that should be what you're looking for. It isn't actually sand it is iron slag but it is fine for fish.


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Hellman said:
Don't know how you lost your fish other then not cleaning the pool filter sand or having a break out of ammonia or something with your tank. I have it in three tanks and it's been in there for almost a year and never had a problem with it and I know a lot of people that use it and have not lost a single fish it's good sand to use easy to clean the tank and looks good too


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I honestly don't know what went wrong either. I rinsed the crap out of it... and my fish where all fine before adding the sand.. ( IE 2yrs+ most of them.. so they where not young, or unhealthy ect..) I will note my fire eels died first.. gills where shredded to the point the fish where "throwing up" bloody tissue, and bleeding from their gills visably... Ammonia poisoning doesn't do that. I would also note I DID use the Quikrete... The only thing I can think of is somehow at the home store some chemicals or something got into it that lots of rinsing wouldn't get rid of?.. I used 5 gallon buckets.. and rinsed it until clear.. only adding a few inches at a time... took me over an hour of rinsing iir.

was the most traumatic thing I went threw as a fish owner in 20 yrs.

I'm not saying not to use sand. I just giving my honest experiance with it.. IMO the few extra dollars for fine quarry rock for me is worth every penny. There are no gurantees. so anyone saying PFS is 100% A-OK is lying.
 
I plan on using the sand in a tank my Flowerhorn cichlid is going in. I've read natural gravel is ideal to bring out his colors. I think the pfs might be to bright of a color, and make him look pale. Right now I have blue and white gravel and it seems to be too bright.

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MonsterMinis said:
I honestly don't know what went wrong either. I rinsed the crap out of it... and my fish where all fine before adding the sand.. ( IE 2yrs+ most of them.. so they where not young, or unhealthy ect..) I will note my fire eels died first.. gills where shredded to the point the fish where "throwing up" bloody tissue, and bleeding from their gills visably... Ammonia poisoning doesn't do that. I would also note I DID use the Quikrete... The only thing I can think of is somehow at the home store some chemicals or something got into it that lots of rinsing wouldn't get rid of?.. I used 5 gallon buckets.. and rinsed it until clear.. only adding a few inches at a time... took me over an hour of rinsing iir.

was the most traumatic thing I went threw as a fish owner in 20 yrs.

I'm not saying not to use sand. I just giving my honest experiance with it.. IMO the few extra dollars for fine quarry rock for me is worth every penny. There are no gurantees. so anyone saying PFS is 100% A-OK is lying.
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Must have been wayyy to fine for ur fish to tolerate, or they were already stressed before adding. Either way that sucks man sorry to hear ur loss! This weekend I just added pfs to my juvie rhom tank and he loves it, my shoal of rbp love it as well

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