Stone dust

[Conner]

So your local pool supply store was able to set you up with this stuff? Mine said the only thing they carry is pool filter sand. Stupid pool store...

Anyways, the S grade is finer than the T grade. If you have soft-bellied fish, then you'll probably want the S grade, otherwise either should look good. And honestly, even the T grade is probably fine for soft bellies, it just gives a slightly rougher look to the sand.

 

[Clay]

Actually, it was a pool filter wholesaler. They supply pool guys, but I guess I sweet talked my way into some after explaining what I was using it for and how it wasn't going to impact any of their sales or their customer's sales.

Yes, I went with S grade because it is a tank with a tigrinus and zebra plecos.

 

[Clay]

So, the quartz that was supposed to be 3m wasn't colorquartz and after opening 1 of the 4 bags, it didn't seem to have that "ball bearing" quality I was expecting. I called them today and I'll return 3 of the 4 bags (1 is opened).

This led me to search again, and after 3 more phone calls, I found a little mom and pop store flooring installed that has 3 pallets of the S grade in black and 1/2 pallet of T grade in black. I'll probably pick up a lot more than I need so I have some for whatever I decide to do with it. But I found it!

 

[Moloch]

Good find man. If I wasn't already scraping the bottom of the barrel I'd probably pick up an extra bag of each color I used and maybe a 3rd color and a 2nd extra bag of black...just because...Who knows how much harder this stuff will get to find ya know?

 

[Clay]

So they sent me a sample pack of the S grade and T grade 3m black colorquartz. Definitely going with the T grade. It's the perfect size and seems like it would easily mix with a bit of eco complete in the area under the plants. I'm not sure how many bags I'm going to pick up yet though. I figure 3 will cover the 120, but the 375 will probably be quite a few more. I'm thinking that I'll pick up a few more of the T for that, but if I need more, I may just switch to S grade since it's plentiful at this business.