I will be starting a new 240 tank soon. my questions is can I use "playground" sand or black sand from home depot or is it treated some how? I'm looking for sand for cheap or maybe crushed corral combo.
sand or no sand
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don't use crushed coral. It gets very dirty very quickly. Try river rocks. You can get those pretty cheap at Home Depot and it'll look really nice. 
play sand is okay but you might want to check out pool filter sand just finished reading a thread the guys say its better to use
cool i'd like to check it out. i wanted black sand but its going for like 20 buck for 20 punds . thats to expensive for a 240. i also use cruched natural black gravel, i like that but once again pricey. menards had play sand for 3 buck for 50 or 70 lbs. but i'll check out your pics to compare.
Pool filter sand
Play sand.
Play sand is a LOT finer and much harder to clean/keep clean. It also traps air bubbles which for some reason i cant stand lol.
Also like ive said before you have to rinse and rinse and rinse play sand...pool filter sand i have never rinsed...that alone is worth the small price difference to me
Play sand.
Play sand is a LOT finer and much harder to clean/keep clean. It also traps air bubbles which for some reason i cant stand lol.
Also like ive said before you have to rinse and rinse and rinse play sand...pool filter sand i have never rinsed...that alone is worth the small price difference to me
black sand would rock though, playsand works great for my cichlid tank, am definatly check out pool filter sand for my 135, thanks guys!!
Nice pics rallysman....that looks great in a community tank, i think for my piranah's I want darker though, does anyone have pics of the Black Sand???