bought to buy sand

[cordell]

Ok one last time to make sure I get enough of each to make a good sandbed. I am getting a 100gallon tank, 48" long type. I want around a 4-5" sandbed (that's good, right?) and since I can't afford ALL live sand, obviously, I wanna use southdown. Now, I wanna use about 60lbs live sand I guess and the rest southdown. How much southdown should I get? It's 50lb bags.. how many total pounds of sand should I need for this tank and sand depth? I was told around 250lbs would be good? You think a 40lb bag and a 20lb of the live sand on swf.com and 3 50lb bags of southdown would be enough? Thanks!

 

[cordell]

btw, the sand is on http://www.idahosaltwateremporium.com/sand.html
seems they have a junkload of it
l8r

 

[harlequinnut]

To figure out how much sand you need, try this link.
http://purearagonite.com/SandBed.html

 

[cordell]

is the 90lb/cubic foot always correct? Should I change it or leave it 90?

 

[harlequinnut]

I would assume that you leave it alone,:thinking: but don't quote me on it.:notsure:

 

[cordell]

I was curious about that myself.. but I emailed the guy about shipping and he replied:
"Shipping to you is $31.40 a bag plus a $5 box charge. They are about 55# a little heavier than we thought but that's just more sand for you."
Soooo I don't think I'll be buying sand there... durnit!
Where else can ya get aragonite sand... maybe lfs huh.. I'll have to look