Where to get aquarium sand? PH

[davo]

isnt silica bad for stingrays??? hear alot of people use estes sand for their rays.

i agree

 

[KJP]

well silica comes in many diferent grits

at my work me carry 16 grit - 60 grit silica 16 has large grains of sand and 60 is sike as fine as sugar

I was always told to stay away from silica sand it is glass after all and can irritate a rays underside...buy natural sand.

 

[vanilla__gorilla__]

I was always told to stay away from silica sand it is glass after all and can irritate a rays underside...buy natural sand.

well silica sand is not glass silica is a natural san all it is is quartz 100% natural yuo can get treated silica sand but it is not comen at all silica sand is 100% safe I use it in all my tanks and I sell it every day

 

[Froogle]

petsmart

 

[tyler100]

i just put silica sand in my tank i got the sand from menards for 3 dollars and it came in a 50 pound bag

 

[shoefreak03]

i went to home depot this afternoon during my lunch break to check out the playsand everyone is talking about. pretty cheap, about $5.00 for 50lbs bag. so i started reading what is written on the bag about the sand, not much info except one thing.

it has a disclaimer regarding the sand that "the materials is known to cause cancer in studies" and i thought this cant be safe for fish.

anyone else who bought these remember seeing this on the bag???

 

[DeLgAdO]

Since I got into stingrays I am looking for a place to get aquarium sand. I have seen alot of aquarium sand but it always is geared towards saltwater tanks and I am worried it will put possibly harmful minerals being in my low in mineral amazon ray tank. Should I be worried and if so where can I get some FW aquarium sand?

Thanks

Eric L

those minerals arent gonig to hurt your rays period

as long as the water is clean and warm you wont have any problems

 

[Miles]

those minerals arent gonig to hurt your rays period

Yeah the minerals won't hurt the rays, but the Aragonite-based sand might.. It can be abrasive, and anything with 'crushed coral' can be a problem.

Not to mention calcium-based sands will raise the pH of the tank. It might help with his alkalinity, which is a good thing, but if his tap water has a naturally low pH he could be causing a major shift with each large water change he did.. If this was the case, you would just have to do more small water changes more frequently..

 

[Eric L]

well, now I am not so much looking into sepcific aquarium sand because its way expensive when there is cheap sand at home depot and lowes. Is there any way to find out if a bag of sand is silica based? And the possible this product may cause cancer warnings authenticity.