BrianB Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 I was thinking about using fine suger sized sand in my new thank would that be ok or should i go a little bit bigger? Also is there a good place locally that sells sand cheap? Doesn't have to be live sand. Can be dry.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoobtoSalt Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 Check with Rick. I think he still has some left for a great price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianB Posted June 13, 2010 Author Share Posted June 13, 2010 Sorry pretty new here who is Rick? User name? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoobtoSalt Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 Yeah sorry I guess I should have said that. His screen name is Rick. Nice guy and He did a group buy on sand awhile ago and I think he still has some left over. I bought some a month or two ago from him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gradth Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 How much do you need? I got some larger argonite left over still, maybe 10 or 15 lbs. Also Seahorse has sand for pretty cheap, bought a bunch there before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianB Posted June 13, 2010 Author Share Posted June 13, 2010 I need about 200 lbs. Gonna wait to see if Rick has any left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectra Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 Go with the sugar size if you can. I bought bulk from seahorse and it is ok but the smaller the better if you ask me. If you are going to have sand sifting fish in there like a diamond then the bigger stuff might be better. It will look like a cloud with the smaller stuff until the tank settles in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackaninny Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 I'd take a close look at the 1-2mm stuff - particularly if you have any sand sifters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pledosophy Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 Personally I prefer much larger sizes, just about the biggest sand you can have before you start getting into the crushed coral sizes. IME the smaller sand blows around like crazy in my tank, but I do run quite a bit of alternating current. JME Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianB Posted July 4, 2010 Author Share Posted July 4, 2010 So still looking for cheap sand doesn't look like Rick has logged on in sometime, anyone else have some cheap for cheap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gill Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 I love my sand!!! It is small but not sugar small I have read sugar sand and high flow don't mix well. I picked mine up from Hollywood but I'm sure it wasn't cheap. Well worth it IMO but for 200 pounds maybe not LOL. How many gallons is the tank it is going into? Its hard to tell from pick but it has some little pink specks mixed in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianB Posted July 5, 2010 Author Share Posted July 5, 2010 Not sure how much I need yet. I am going to start a 30 gall in the garage and when I get my new stand built a 125 in my living room. So I was hoping to get about 200 lbs or so. Was really hoping to get it from Rick. Does anyone know how to get ahold of him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoobtoSalt Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 Sorry I wish I still had his number. I haven't heard from him in awhile now either. I'm sure someone on the boards has his number still though. Just put up a new thread asking to search for Rick...lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 So still looking for cheap sand doesn't look like Rick has logged on in sometime' date=' anyone else have some cheap for cheap?[/quote'] My son is currently on leave so we have been spending most of our time with him. I currently don't have any however the last time I did a group buy the sand was here a couple of days after I ordered it. I need to double check the prices and I'll go ahead and start one. (I have a few other requests in my PM's for sand also so I think we can get one going pretty fast) Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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