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Where on earth can I get tropical playsand?
I live in Jacksonville florida, where can I get some southdown, yardright, or some other cheap brand of argonite tropical play sand? I have checked all the homedepots, lowes, and ace hardwares around here and all they have is silica playsand. Everyone just carries that quickcrete playsand... Is there something I am missing here because I can't seem to find it anywhere!
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we have it in michigan...... $6 for 50 pounds.
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i don't know how far from the ocean you are, but why don't you get some from the beach? and it will be live sand.
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the funny thing is, all the sand at the ocean is silica and everyone on this forum says not to get sand from the ocean because you have no idea whats in it.
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Getting it off the beach is not a good idea IMO either. You should be able to find it locally from one of the home centers. My suggestion is to try to get Home Depot to order it for you, or at least ask them if they carry it and when the next shipment is coming in. It has to all funnel through Florida, so there must be some somewhere.
It is no good to us out west because the PH is too high (we have high PH soil). Believe it or not most sand is used for landscaping, so high PH soil is really only good for east of the Mississippi where the soil is usually acidic.
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sorry, none of these answers really help... Is there anyone in florida that can tell me where to get tropical playsand?
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Heres an excerpt and guidance in your quest of the holy mystical Southdown....of course this is from 4 years ago...so I dont know if the contact info is still good or not...
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Hey mzeinstr,
I live in Michigan and I've had trouble finding that sand. I've checked with several Home Depots and they say they won't be carrying it any more. Have you seen this stuff lately? If so would you tell me where? Any help would be appreciated (I'm trying to avoid spending $220.00 for sand) Thanks!! |
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do a search in the selling forum, there was a guy in florida with 55g trash cans full of southdown sand for sale-cheap!!
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I'll get flamed for this, but just go get some playsand. I have had no problems out of plain old playsand.
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I Live in brunswick ga about an hour north of you.. My home depot here was able to look at this sku# 578-819 (Yardright tropical play sand) and at a store in pennsylvania. Supposedly I should be able to pickup about 20 50lb bags at $4.99 apiece in about a week and a half.. Well time will tell if this will actually happen.
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First crushed seashells are not made outa silica they use the same calcium to build shells that corals do just in a different matrix second silca sand will not disolve in your water any more then your glass tank will not so long ago your glass tank looked just like that silica sand its just been melted and purified.
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well i am using silica play sand right now. im not worried about it killing anything in the aquarium and i knew it wouldn't when i put it in there. The big thing with me is i think the argonite sand looks better and it doesn't seem to trap air bubbles in it like the silica sand does. The silica play sand seems to be way more ground up and is alot finer.
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