sand

Ive been doing a lot of research on substrateo_O. im interested in a low tech plant/fish aquarium. A lot of the plants im interested in receive their nutrients from the water column. I might end up with a few that feed from the roots. What substrate can I use that wont rob my bank account?:) no...

Does anybody have an experiences with pre-washed pool filter sand? Living in a highrise condo without a back yard has me dreading the thought of rinsing 100+ lbs of sand multiple times in my kitchen sink. Where do I buy pre washed sand? How much? Thanks all!

To those you with experience with sand substrates, what can you recommend that is locally-available?

Some of you may remember that one of our past members, Avatar/Sam, used to have some beautiful red sand in several of his tanks. It was garnet sand. I've been thinking about trying to find some garnet sand, and I discovered yesterday that Home Depot carries a brand of garnet sand called...

I know I have lots of questions today but I want to get this right, I currently have colorful gravel in my tank and am changing to CaribSea natural sand....is there anything I need to know, or any tips you can give me to make sure I do this the most appropriate way possible? I wanted a more...

I switch over my 125 to pool filter sand. The Pfs came from Leslie's Pool supplies in Pasadena. 100lbs for $23. I used the bowl and plate trick for filling the tank. No pre rinsing or washing of sand . Documented the process with slide show , almost no clouding of the water at all. Final pic of...

Does anyone have any experience with the pool filter sand from Leslie's Pool Supply? They sell 50lb bags of silica sand #20. Does pool filter sand normally come with a warning label about inhaling the dust and risk of lung damage? Sent from my iPad using MonsterAquariaNetwork app

Anybody have any pool filter sand laying around. I only need about 10 pounds or so Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using MonsterAquariaNetwork App

I noticed this morning after being away for 2 days that some areas of the sand in my cichlid tank have turned a rusty color. Its just the top layer of the sand, and it also has some on the rocks. I read that it is normal after a tank fully cycls, and my tank finished about a week ago...

Anyone ever use this stuff? Got a few bags of what appeared to be some great black sand.......having some major major issues with it right now. More is floating and clumping into small globs than is sinking. Sent from my SCH-S960L using MonsterAquariaNetwork App

After Doug's talk on his fish room set-up, I continued to educate myself (Google search) some of the concepts that he has in use. One of the those was the sand filtration of his water. I then realized that a vacation home in FLA that I have the opportunity to stay in has a sand filtration system...

Has anyone used this as a substrate? Has anyone used it in a planted aquarium? Any thoughts? Thinking of swapping it out for my black flourite/floramax substrate.

Anyone know the cheapest place to get black sand cheapest I found is 27$ for a 20 lb bag thanks is advanced

I have "made over" two of my tanks so far putting this PFS in as my substrate for my Africans and it has made a HUGE difference. Lots of digging and displayed "spitting" ( they will gather a mouthful and then swim upwards and spit the sand producing a little cloud that falls back to the bottom...

Does it need to be rinsed out before put in the tank?

Alright ya'll for the since starting my tanks I have only put sand in one and it was a nightmare. The stuff was too fine and kept the water cloudy as it wouldnt settle got in the filter and then would work its way back through the coarse sponges of the filters and right back into the water to...

Hi, I have a 50G mbuna tank setup with rocks, wood and sand substrate. My problem is that I keep getting really strong algae growths in my sand and a lot of trapped air. It looks like nice health green algae so shouldn't cause health problems but around my rocks the growths are really bad red...

I went to a couple of pool stores in Chantilly and Fairfax and both told me they do not carry any kind of pool filter sand. Any idea where I can grab some?

I REMEMBER READING THAT YOU GUYS KNEW OF A DISTRIBUTOR WITH DECENT PRICES A FEW MONTHS BACK FOR A BULK PURCHASE. I HAVE A FRIEND WHO I'M HELPING SET UP HIS TANK AND HE WOULD LIKE TO GET SOME. THE PLACE I USED NO LONGER CARRIES IT. ANYBODY KNOW WHERE I CAN GET THE BLACK IN "S" OR "T" GRADE...

Any ideas where to get grey sand in Virginia? 3m Colorquartz deaer maybe? Thanks...Bill