Southdown Playsand
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elan
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the stuff is priceless if you can find it... i couldnt and used regular playsand from home depot... good luck
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thomas712
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It is normally available on the East coast only. It comes in bags of 50 pounds in the Southdown name or 40 pounds in the Yardright name. So where you from?
Plant and twig bits?
Thomas
Plant and twig bits?
Thomas
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thomas712
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Live sand is very good, complete with the benifical bacteria, and when cycling a tank helps to speed up the process.
It comes down to a matter of grain size
Southdown playsand is calcium carbonate based just like you want from the ocean, also just like some live sand that you get will be. But it also has an excellent amount of appropriate grain size that can't be beat for the price when building a sand bed for your tank whether it be shallow or a deep sand bed.
We also use it as a method to save some money. Build your sandbed with the cheap, calcium based, southdown and seed it with some livesand.
Southdown can run 5 or even 10 dollars a bag for 50 pounds.
Dry sand can cost 20 to 25 dollars or more for 50 pounds at the LFS. Livesand can be even more expensive than the both put together, but you would benifit from some to help seed your sandbed.
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Thomas
It comes down to a matter of grain size
Southdown playsand is calcium carbonate based just like you want from the ocean, also just like some live sand that you get will be. But it also has an excellent amount of appropriate grain size that can't be beat for the price when building a sand bed for your tank whether it be shallow or a deep sand bed.
We also use it as a method to save some money. Build your sandbed with the cheap, calcium based, southdown and seed it with some livesand.
Southdown can run 5 or even 10 dollars a bag for 50 pounds.
Dry sand can cost 20 to 25 dollars or more for 50 pounds at the LFS. Livesand can be even more expensive than the both put together, but you would benifit from some to help seed your sandbed.
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elan
Guest
yes, southdown's calcium based composition is the key.. i used regular playsand which is silicate based..... i dont think i will have any problems with it in the future (i hope), as i have had no problems with it after i fixed the pH which it fluctuated when i first put it in...
hip68
Member
I am having the same problem . Im in Houston and cant find it anywhere. I got the Home Depot's sku# for the sand and I am going to see if they can special order it for me based on that sku#. I will letya know if this works or not. If you wanna try its 09064201002. Got this number from another member in my post about SD sand .
cboyfan2020
Active Member
hip that isnt the SKU#. I posted all the info you need to know in your other thread.