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Southdown sand
- Thread starter ricwilli
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ric i got some but im waiing on Malulu to go pick up that rock tonight pm me is about a half of bag
When I was living in Utah I saw many a tank with this sand... and GSL oolitic. Good stuff and is no longer being distributed to Home Depots. Conspiracy goes something along the lines of the aquarium industry threatening a boycott of southdown.
Oh and for particle size... http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/feb2005/short.html
Oh and for particle size... http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/feb2005/short.html
its pretty good. I have it in all of my tanks and is a good buffer it just takes a loooooooong time to settle.
Im going BB so i dont need it. I might be in RP tommorow after i set up the tank let me know
Im going BB so i dont need it. I might be in RP tommorow after i set up the tank let me know
i uses to buy in Delaware at home depot
phil519 said:we should suggest that as a topic for a meeting - a Vinegar test on HD brand sand!!! Next time at harryk's place. ;D
I wouldn't mind, but my wife might ;D ;D. It would mean driving me nuts with all the preparations. She becomes a maniac with when were having people over
Harry
harryk said:phil519 said:we should suggest that as a topic for a meeting - a Vinegar test on HD brand sand!!! Next time at harryk's place. ;D
I wouldn't mind, but my wife might ;D ;D. It would mean driving me nuts with all the preparations. She becomes a maniac with when were having people over
Harry
C'mon, she shouldn't mind a hundred or so of your best friends showing up one weekend ;D
On a serious note, I wouldn't mind seeing that vinegar test done on several different brands - from commonly accepted to contractor grade.
I got three 5 gallon buckets of the southdown sand. Maybe a little more. I got it from a reefer that left the hobby. He never used it. I'm just afraid that it will blow all over the tank. Right now I have BB. But on my upgrade I'm really thinking about putting sand. I wouldn't mind seeing the vinear test as well.
ricwilli said:
The southdown is fairly small grained sand but if you mixed it with a different size you should be good. I use Fiji Pink and it's about as small as the southdown and i have no issues with it blowing all over the place.
But back to the vinegar test, If you take a little of the sand and pour vinegar on it and it fizzes and bubbles a lot its aragonite based, but if there is little to no fizzle it's silica based sand and IMO no good. Just my opinion on the silica based sand