Live Sand??

[chris l]

If I buy live sand from this site to seed my southdown sand I just bought (after looking long and hard to find it) what kind should I buy? I took notice they sell two different kinds. Thanks for all of your help in advance!!

 

[krusk]

PREMIUM FLORIDA KEYS LIVE SAND
from the ocean which included lives
NATURE'S OCEAN BIO-ACTIV ARAGONITE
which included bi-o bacteria
if you gonna order from this site
get PREMIUM FLORIDA KEYS LIVE SAND
. It is a bit more expensive.
The NATURE'S OCEAN BIO-ACTIV ARAGONITE is cheaper. You can get them at LFS.

 

[chris l]

Do ya think 20-25lbs will be enough to seed the southdown in a 44 gallon?

 

[krusk]

yes, definitely
how much SouthDown do you have?
50 lbl?

 

[chris l]

If I did the right calculations I need about 80 lbs of sand for a 4" dsb. I bought 2 50lb bags so I will have extra. Everything sound ok to you. Thanks

 

[krusk]

sure, it's look good to me.

 

[chris l]

Thanks for all of your help Krusk!! Very much appreciated!!

 

[ken s]

chris, where did you get your southdown?

 

[chris l]

I got my southdown at a hardware store called Coles. I was shocked when I saw it there. If your looking for it good luck!!

 

[chris l]

I am about 1 hour north of King of Prussia. If they get this way they can give me a call and I would be happy to tell them or even show them where it is it.

 

[chris l]

Oh, just for your info. Southdown is made here in Easton Pa. Might be of some help for everybody.

 

[javajoe]

hey-- as long as you have extra bags, put more in... its great sand, but you MAY notice that if you don't watch your Ph, you will lose some depth over time as it is dissolved. Some people may say i'm crazy, but i lost 1/2 inch since i started mine 6 months ago. I used 150 pounds, and 20 pounds of LS. I have a 5-6 inch DSB. If you end up to shallow, it does not work, the only drawback to going too deep, is less room in your tank just my 2 cents....
So pour in half of one of those extra bags... just to be on the safe side...

 

[fishfood]

waterrat - they should be able to look at any Home Depot around that area. I'm from Reading and well as you see I'm now down in florida. Reading is only 45 min from king of prussia. My parents are coming to visit in july and have 4 bags for me. I saw some at the local HD when i was home for christmas and then my parents went to look for some a month or so later and couldn't find any. The just went by the other day and found some. I'm assuming that HD didn't order any over christmas and just waited until it started to warm up.