Originally Posted by psusocr1
well my .02 cents
alot of people like maestro say just pay 30-40 bucks, but thats easy to do when you have a 30 gallon tank etc. when you have to fill a 400 gallon system with sand then the last thing you want to do is pay 20 bucks a bag for sand when you need about 4-600 pounds of it. Especially when the cheaper play sand is just as good as "aquarium sand" I mean honestly i could take old castle sand bag it up and label it "AQUARIUM SAND" so does that mean youll buy it?? people have been using play sand for years and years with no complaints at all.. i have used both silica sand, and "aquarium sand" with no differences other than grain size, and the label on the bag that makes everyone feel real safe at night when they go to bed since it says "FOR USE IN AQUARIUMS"..
id ont know if anyone cares, just my opinion!
That's exactly the way I look at it too, Bobby.
If someone else wants to go out and pay $30 for a 15lb bag of sand, then be my guest. I go to Home Depot and buy the exact same thing for $3 for a 50lb bag.
I used the stuff from the fish store when I first got into the hobby. I had to deal with cyano outbreaks, hair algea out breaks, etc. on the sand.
In the 13 saltwater tanks I've had, in the past 2 years, I've used nothing but QuikCrete. Not only have I NEVER had a cyano outbreak, my pH has always been spot on, without me having to add any kind of buffers, etc.
