What sand is the best bang for the buck?

[CleverBs]

I need a sand for my 75g but dot want to buy dumb expensive love sand and pay out the butt. I need a fine sand for a shark so it must not be to course. Who can point me in the right direction?

 

[Aqualady40]

PFS can be bought at local hardware stores...Home depot, etc....50lb bag for $6 or so

 

[CleverBs]

PFS can be bought at local hardware stores...Home depot, etc....50lb bag for $6 or so

Haha no I hate Pfs and it doesn't need to be tht cheap. I just don't want to be spending 30$ for a 15lb bag

 

[obscurereef]

Marcorocks.com sells 160 lbs of fine sand for $109. Or you could get the 2 sets of 40 lbs for $30 ea.

 

[DanRamirez57]

What is PFS

 

[paulweck]

Pool filter sand

 

[DanRamirez57]

Can you use pool filter sand? How about silica sand?

 

[bavass]

Isn't pool filter sand made from silica?

 

[DanRamirez57]

I don't know lol. But I have about 150 lbs of silica that I think would look great as my substrate!!!

 

[bavass]

Sounds like diatom explosion in the works since they feed on silicates

 

[CleverBs]

I used seachem Ocean direct it's really nice. Cloudy but nice.

 

[DanRamirez57]

What about black sands?

 

[Psychocircus91]

I need a sand for my 75g but dot want to buy dumb expensive love sand and pay out the butt. I need a fine sand for a shark so it must not be to course. Who can point me in the right direction?

I apologize if I'm misreading but what shark are you keeping in a 75g?

 

[CleverBs]

I apologize if I'm misreading but what shark are you keeping in a 75g?

a bamboo shark because im hatching it from an egg and dont want to keep it in a huge system at first beings i need to get it to eat and train it to eat. I have my plan planned out and am executing it in the manner that I feel is best.

 

[Autumnsky]

Caribsea has a fine black sand, a little too fine for my liking - gets into the filter all the time. Compacts very densely. Get occasional gas pockets, but maybe not with the shark kicking it up all the time.

I also have used sand blasting sand, didn't have the diatom problem. Heavy enough to not get kicked up too easily.

Black sand from Petco is very light but not floaty, except when a little gets on the surface, my Cories like it. It is pretty soft to the touch

There is Garnet sand and it comes in different grain size and colors too. Mostly used for sand blasting. If you can find it locally, I found some at a farm supply store in a 50 lb can for appx $50 nice multicolored grains.