can't find southdown

obarrera

obarrera

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Originally posted by Tyedyed1
im from southwest florida and the wife works at home depot, so if anyone still needs sand let me know and ill see what i can do for you.:D later.
Can you send me your email address?
I can't send you any PM's or anything,it says the atministrator disabled that.:thinking:
Anyway can you let me know how much they will charge to ship the sand from your place to mine?
I want 50lbs,my zip code is 91911 I live in san diego.:D
 
mbrands

mbrands

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More bad news (unless Tyedyed's wife can help) . . . even if you can find a Home Depot that carries it, the shipping will kill you if you aren't local. The cheapest I could find was for DHL and it would be roughly $60 door to door. After you add the cost of the Southdown it isn't worth the hassle for the extra $20.
Looks like my LFS is going to sell some sand this weekend . . . I give up!
Wrassecal - Loved your last posting!!
 
tyedyed1

tyedyed1

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:scared: WOW, one day and all you people need sand. Ill check into it tomarrow. i asked her about it today, and of course she forgot, so ill check on it tomarrow. If anyone wants to e-mail me the address is tyedyed1@comcast.net. ill post my findings after 12 noon. :D
 
tyedyed1

tyedyed1

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Originally posted by ka0z4allu
Tyedyed1 I am in SWFL and interested in getting a couple of bags if you can locate it.

Dude we're nieghbors, i live in N. Ft. Myers
 
bill f

bill f

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It's possible that it may not be available due to the season. They carry it for playgrounds. Not a big call for playground sand in the winter. May have to wait till spring.
 
bill f

bill f

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Is "Yardright" safe.
Helpful Tip. Since YardRight™ Tropical Play Sand has been purified at high temperatures before packaging, be sure to add some moisture to return it to its natural state. Moist sand makes for better sandcastles. Not suitable for aquarium systems and traction purposes.
"NOT SUITABLE FOR AQUARIUM SYSTEMS..."
or are they trying to scare you.
 
lefty

lefty

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They just want you to buy the more expensive sand made by CaribSea. There is absolutely no reason why you shouldn't be able to use Southdown/Yardright play sand in your aquarium. :)
 
snipe

snipe

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As lefty said I posted above it is a contract thing. Caribsea and yardright are the same sand.
 
tyedyed1

tyedyed1

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Bad news people, the play sand that is at this home depot is silica based so cant help anyone out .....yet.:thinking: im gonna go in and talk to the manager to see if he is able to order it, i figure if he can order it then the home depot closest to you should be able to do the same thing:D
 
bill f

bill f

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Found some Southdown today at Home Depot, Moorestown NJ (S. Jersey)
They had like a palet and a half.
Looking at the picture "Cowfishrule" posted.
Looks like they have changed packaging. Same blue and red lettering, graphics etc. It just doesn't say "Southdown"
It says its Silica free, sterilized, etc
Not recommended for aquariums
And its from Pennsylvania which is where the "southdown" company is from.
SOUND LIKE THE RIGHT STUFF?
 
bill f

bill f

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This is the picture that COWFISHRULE posted. New bags don't have the southdown name on top. everything els is the same.
 
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