Has anyone heard of quickrete playsand????

As the heading says, do any of you guys have any knowledge of quickrete sand being used in an aquarium. It is 100% silica free and has been detoxified blah blah blah.....im just not sure if its aragonite that it comes from or not. Any of you guys sure about this?I deff want a dsb that is derived from aragonite....sooo......here it is...I hear Karlas has an opinion on this???You around Karlas?
http://www.quikrete.com/catalog/PlaySand.html ;D

 

I havn't heard of that brand but i think most play sand has silicate in it so you cant use it.

 

I answered my own question....hahaha...shucks..looks like its 80$ per 40lbs at my lsf.. >

 

[quote author=chrischick link=board=Sand;num=1077816083;start=0#2 date=02/26/04 at 09:30:46]I answered my own question....hahaha...shucks..looks like its 80$ per 40lbs at my lsf.. >[/quote]
$80 thats alot of dough Is that LS or dry ? I can get Natures Ocean LS for half that

 

No Dude..that is dry, freakin caribbean aragonite....I know..its unreal really.......I guess these guys think that there really isnt a market and everyone is morons down here so they just jack their prices to hell..They have a Coralife power compact lighting canopy 260 watt for 800$,I bought mine online and paid 300$ shipped...CAnadian dollars...

 

Hey Chrischick
Check out www.jlaquatics.com it's on the other side of the country but they ship you may save some money

J

 

Wh oaa up here:

If you need good sand & can't get locally,

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http://www.idahosaltwateremporium.com/AboutUs.html

has has southdown for $11.99 a bag. They bought up a few pallets of the stuff. Shipping to here in PNW was $19.00 a 50 lb. bag. Still a great savings over CarribSea, etc. - exactly same stuff w/o fancy plastic wrap.

Size: 50 lbs."


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OmarD

 

im a little late but im here ;D

ive heard of several people that have used quikcrete sand without any problems. as far as i know it doenst have silicates and is super cheap. i would go ahead and use it if i were you.

 

Did you have a look at that picture.......it looks no good..deff not aragonite..so it wont help me with my nitrates....What if I bought mostly this stuff...and put some aragonite in with it from my lfs?


sorry, the pic i had had two oolitic sands...and then quikrete...it was magnified 40x and the quikrete looked like glass...witht he other two looking like tiny ball bearings....So, I think im just going to get some southdown shipped up to me in good old Nova Scotia....even though its gonna cost me an arm and a leg.....if anyone knows anyone heading to Nova SCotia or anywhere in Canada.....please let me know..so I can get them to bring a few bags of southdown with them...Cheers.

 

<gresham chuckles> silica sand doesn't release silicia. The problem with it is that its mined, so it has very jagged edges (looks like broken glass was a very good description). Most bethnic critters don't like it, won'y thrive in it and sand sifters will die from it. So theres your problems with it. Oh, and it doesn't absorb phosphates, silicates or any other things, unlike aragonite. Aragonite will help you buffer a litttle, but it will allow the benthic critters to THRIVE and multiply. Both bad and good.