I have some fine gravel in my 75 right now but I have to move the tank and thought since it will already be empty I might as well convert to actual sand. Can I just use sand from home depot or do I need to find a fish safe brand? Just worried about prior chemical treatment.
Sand
- Thread starter Aribenlaw
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i use homedepot sand. its called quickrete play sand. just make sure you rinse the crap out of it, if you think u did enough, rinse it again. lil cloudy once u put it in, but settles nicely after a while. or you can get pool filter sand. i hear it works n looks great.
I used the stuff HD. $5 for a 50 pound bag vs. $25 for a twenty. Rinse well and it looks fine. But the light color does show all the dirt.
I used the home depot play sand too . I paid $3 for 60 pounds. I put 120 pounds in my 100 gallon. Just make sure you rinse the sand out good.
No more than a pound per gallon should be enough. 150 pounds in that tank would be about 6-8 inches deep.
i only have 50lbs in my 150gal. seems like plenty but my stingray pushes it everywhere so a few spots are bare now but it looks cool.
do not use silica sand. they have pool filter sand without it.
do not use silica sand. they have pool filter sand without it.