looking for anyone with pics on pool filter sand

[chris127]

hi guys i want to put some pool filter sand in my 20G as part of my renovation and to contrast the fish ill be getting. i was wondering if anyone had some pictures of it so i know what im getting into. also, if i put my left over eco on the bottom would that get mixed into it?

 

[saffikeagan]

x1 plz

 

[Zagz]

Eventually through water changes they would get mixed. If you go to my profile page, and look at my albums, several of my tanks have pool filter sand.

 

[chris127]

no one else has any?

 

[An t-iasg]

Here are some pics of the sand itself, not in a tank:

Coarse sand:

 

[An t-iasg]

Fine sand:

 

[chris127]

okay so its not a blinding white like i thought thanks! is that just a drinking cup?

 

[BillD]

Much PFS is a ghastly blinding white; depends on the source. I would like to get some of this, Sand and Gravel Water Filtration Media - Red Flint . I have some fine gravel from them, which is a mix of stones to make up the colour that shows in the pic. I hate white sand.

 

[chris127]

by source do you mean brand? what brand isnt a bright white?

 

[An t-iasg]

Yes, that's just water in a drinking cup. I tested the GH/KH to make sure the sand wasn't going to change the water parameters and it didn't. But yes, they both unfortunately were a blinding, ghastly white under my CF lighting. That's why I changed it out about 8 months later for Eco Complete.

Both of the sands I pictured were pool filter sand. I went to two different pool/spa stores and they both were nice enough to give me a cup or so of sand so I could test the water parameters with it and see what it looked like wet. I went with the coarse sand. It was beautiful with the tank lights off and much too bright white with them on.

 

[Fishyfanatic]

I have three brands of PFS between all my tanks, none are a bright white. Just look around at different pool supply stores until you find one that isn't white. I also mix mine with some black Estes sand to give it a peppered look.

 

[BillD]

by source do you mean brand? what brand isnt a bright white?

By source I mean the actual type of quartz used to make the silica sand, or in the case of Red Flint, as shown in the link, a multicolour tpe. It does often go by brand. If you look at Red Flint, they also have an aquarium sand, which appears to be the same product as their PFS.

 

[icom]

I have pool filter sand in a few tanks and really like it,The brand I use is called Aqua Quartz..kind of dull cream white color;my cories love digging around in it

 

[chris127]

can i see a picture of it in your tank? i think i like it but idk..