washing playsand

[cassanova]

I am getting playsand from lowes and I was wondering what would be the best way to wash it? Thanks

[kau_cinta_ku]

i just dump some sand into a 5 gal bucket, bring it to the tub and add some water and mixt it up then dump the water and repeat till it is clean.

[Blown 346]

Definitly make sure that water comes clearbefore you dump it in the tank. Otherwise you will have a hell of a dust storm.

[romunov]

You can clear the duststorm with a mechanical filter. A lot easier than actively washing the entire thing. :D

[McNeal]

don't mean to butt in , but can you put play sand on top of crushed coral?

[reefinallday]

is the southdown, cause regular play sand is not good for reef

[WaterKeeper]

In general you want the fine material in the sand. I'm not crazy about mixing CC and Playsand and finally it is becoming very hard to get Southdown or its clones. I prefer aragonite sand but silica will do if it is all you can find. Find out a whole lot more about sand and the DBS form the Sandman (http://www.rshimek.com/reef/sediment.htm) himself.

[cassanova]

reefinallday
Yes it is fine to use playsand.