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Can you bleach play sand?
If so, how?
Started by sasquatch-exists on
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by 9 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at cichlid-forum):
What are you trying to accomplish? The only sand I can find is really dark play sand and I want 7-9 bucks for a 50 lb bag
http://www.u-s-silica.com/contacts.htm Both Home depot and Lowes carry good to know its not!!
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Hi all.
Been quite a while since I had a reef tank. Now that I have a permanent place to live I'm getting back in and got a 120G tank and am currently doing the plumbing.
I like to think ahead though and figure out what is next up to buy and what I really...
Started by PorkChop on
, 21 posts
by 12 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at reefcentral):
I don't recall the name of the sand, but I know way back when the play sand....
When I was going to Ohio back in the day it in aquarium stores.
Home Depot as "Play Sand" and only cost about $5 a bag.
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Anyone out there in EDF a fishkeeper? Or keeper of other aquatic tanks (plants, frogs, shrimp, etc)?
I am personally getting into the hobby and have been fishless-cycling a tank for 32 days. (for those not in the hobby, it is a method of building the ...
Started by Rockstar on
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by 10 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at twoplustwo):
Also I like gravel better ....
The bacterial biological system in an aquarium is hugely important to the health of the fish you set your tank up.
A house and have been waiting to get an aquarium for a while ever since I saw this site .
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Hi there!
Have a small nano tank that I'm looking to get about five pounds of substrate for. I want it to look like beach sand, or as close is as reasonable, but play sand comes in 50lb bags. Any commercial substrates out there that you think looks close...
Started by wendlynne on
, 7 posts
by 5 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at plantedtank):
I don't think my trash guy would appreciate a 4... .
Cost me 3.75 the look of play sand best but I need such a small quantity.
Home depot.
Play sand.
Bowl of mine and quickly used it all on various other projects .
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I really want to put sand in my tank, and get rid of most of the gravel, but I have some questions. What type of sand would I use in my FW tank that contains mostly South American Cichlids with a neutral 7.0 pH, moderately soft to slightly hard water....
Started by LMOUTHBASS on
, 10 posts
by 7 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at aquariacentral):
You can also use pool filter sand which I have yet to use and aquarium specific sand are the easiest for cleaning not alot of rinsing is required, play sand....
sand from Home Depot which is really cheap.
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I'm picking up the tank tomorrow, and going to sart a cichlid tank. For starters I heard that you can buy your sand from Home Depot for $5 for 50 pounds. Do I need the sand without sillica? For the fish, I want to get the lake malawi cichlids. Maybe like...
Started by lobster4 on
, 5 posts
by 5 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at aquariacentral):
Play sand won't compact very well dusty (makes your aquarium....
It is often very bucks a bag, you can find it at your local pool supply store .
You can buy play sand, but the quality is HIGHLY variable from place to place.
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I was shooting to obtain a 125G by the end of the year. Within a week of talking about it with my girl friend (we live together), she gave me a sheet of paper for a 125G on CL and told me to go get it!
It's a 125G with stand, power heads, and some other...
Started by jnick on
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by 6 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at cichlid-forum):
It settles down quickly them to the tank, I'd be golden... .
Pfs is more heavy than play sand and doesn't float around much.
Depot and Lowes looked at me funny when asking for Pool Filter Sand, haha! Gonna check two local pool.
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Hello reef world, I wanted to share with you my upgrade from my current 90-gal to the new 120-gal. This may seem like a weird size upgrade, since I'm really only gaining 6 inches in depth, but there are reasons behind this. Of course I have aspirations...
Started by GvineReefer on
, 14 posts
by 7 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at reefcentral):
I had.
I got a masonry bit and a driveway marker from Home Depot, then cut the rod to length.
But no epoxy.
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Well after having my 90g up for nearly 3 years, I am finally ready to start over with a new tank that has all of the things I wish I had in my old one. I have always kept a list of the things that I like in prepartion for this day. So lets get started...
Started by zed102 on
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by 11 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at dfwmas):
I found it cheapest!! So today after....
All is not required for the pond foam, I wanted to be able to cover the foam in sand for looks.
The shields themselves are made from 3/32" glass from home depot.
To mount the glass splash shields.
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Well, the time has come for me to step it up a notch. I will be retiring my 150 SPS/Clam system (72x18x27) for something a little more practical in keeping a reef. The width was difficult to work in and the height made it even more difficult to create...
Started by Alex T. on
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by 8 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at reefcentral):
I've never had one glitch running....
The bulb replacement cost would actually be cheaper if I went to T5 .
They're pretty much plug and play.
As a laminate on cheaper cabinetry, shelving and storage bins that you might find at Home Depot.
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