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Lord Viper

I need more sand for my tank and was wondering what is a good alternative to live sand at the LFS that price makes me angry. I would like to seed some plan sand but every one has silica in it. Any suggestions or am I just a an idiot and shouls buy the EXPENSIVE stuff. Bobb
 
JRWOHLER

JRWOHLER

Well it is sort of painful but I personally went with Caribsea. For me I didn't want additional possible problems.

I bought at Drs F&S but check out http://www.tfjpetcenter.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=20 if you can pickup the prices are pretty good. Shipping from most online places is killer....premiumaquatics would have been like 250 shipping :eek:.

If you have live sand now then you really only need dry sand right so it isn't too terrible.
 
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mnat

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If you know someone who has live sand, you can always ask for some extra to seed your tank. You don't need a full live sand bed to start a tank, just seed from an established tank. Personally, I went to Tropiquarium and bought the live sand there at least they have several different sized bags so you won't have to drop a ton of money.
 
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Lord Viper

I did get a bucket of live sand so seeding is not the problem. I went to HD and LOWES and there sand has silica in it. If I could find it with out the silica I will buy just dont know where to get it. I will check out F&S
 
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