Home Depot sand? - Aquarium Advice

DragonForce · 09-17-2005, 05:24 PM

I went to Home Depot to buy sand on the cheap, i couldn't find any besides silica based. I did however find this one called Aragon, or Paragon. One or the other, but someone please tell me this is aragonite based?

Jermz79 · 09-17-2005, 06:15 PM

I doubt anyone will be able to tell you for sure. The only way to really test it is to take a sand and put it in a glass with some vinnegar, if the sand fizzes then it is aragonite based if not then it is silica.

Jermz

dskidmore · 09-17-2005, 06:18 PM

Silica sand isn't really that bad, it just doesn't have the added benifits of argonite. Some people will go crazy about the chemistry of silica, but it's the same compound as the glass of your tank, and you don't worry about that disoving into the water.

krap101 · 09-17-2005, 07:02 PM

ive gotten aragnite sand from home depot before. here it was like 7$ for 50 lbs. but some of them dont have it

DragonForce · 09-17-2005, 09:26 PM

Well, name brands of aragonite would be nice, i can't just climb up the scafoldings and pull out my vinegar and test it. It would be a pain in the *** to get someone to get it down for me then saying whoops sorry this isnt the kind, and then walk away.

krap101 · 09-17-2005, 09:54 PM

theres usually bags there that have broken alread

.

mines called like.. "tropical playsand" it has like... err it says its gotten from the carribbean and its white. like not clear like silica but opaquely white

Skuseman · 09-17-2005, 10:40 PM

I have put silica based sand into my marine aquarium a little over a month ago and it still going great. My clown fish seems to love it. I simply got the quikrete brand from the depot. It has been washed and dried already . I put it in hoping for good luck and I have [acronym:8a210e4845="Normal Output Fluorescents"]NO[/acronym:8a210e4845] problem with it whats so ever. Sorry if this seems like bad advice but it worked for me folks. :P

pelochas · 09-17-2005, 11:56 PM

i have the sme problem looking for the tropical sand in houston's home depots. but every hd has the quikrete playsand. the grain is larger than the Pavestone brand. the pavestone brand sand is much finer and if you dont have any problems with the quikete brand, the pavestone sand is what i will get. thanks

DragonForce · 09-18-2005, 05:43 AM

i decided to give in and spend 40 bucks for 40 lbs of fine grain live sand, oh well, better to just pay a little extra to know what your getting i guess, cheers!

CwCampbell2 · 09-18-2005, 02:16 PM

I just bought 6 bags (50 lbs each) for $1.99 from Home depot in Southbend Indiana.. It was in a generic looking blue bag, said playsand on the bottom. But was labled for Landscaping at the top. I got it because at the bottom in small letters said it was made by Old Castle. Figured worse case, kid had a new sandbox

) Vinger test, it Bubbled. Its white, very fine sand too!

09-17-2005, 05:24 PM	#1
DragonForce Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Southern California Posts: 925 Images: 1	Home Depot sand? I went to Home Depot to buy sand on the cheap, i couldn't find any besides silica based. I did however find this one called Aragon, or Paragon. One or the other, but someone please tell me this is aragonite based?

09-17-2005, 06:15 PM	#2
Jermz79 Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Spring Hill, FL Posts: 1,157	I doubt anyone will be able to tell you for sure. The only way to really test it is to take a sand and put it in a glass with some vinnegar, if the sand fizzes then it is aragonite based if not then it is silica. Jermz __________________ God grant me the serenity to accept the thing's I can not change, the courage to change the thing's I can and the wisdom to know the difference! R.I.P Walena K. Cox 7/7/62 - 8/11/2002

09-17-2005, 06:18 PM	#3
dskidmore Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Genesee Valley Posts: 2,290 Images: 1	Silica sand isn't really that bad, it just doesn't have the added benifits of argonite. Some people will go crazy about the chemistry of silica, but it's the same compound as the glass of your tank, and you don't worry about that disoving into the water. __________________ 75 gallon freshwater Baby shrimp sighted! 2.5 Gallon unpowered freshwater now with high light 0.25 gallon palmtop doomed to an unlit end?

09-17-2005, 07:02 PM	#4
krap101 Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Roscoe, IL Posts: 3,824 Images: 12	ive gotten aragnite sand from home depot before. here it was like 7$ for 50 lbs. but some of them dont have it __________________ Wizards first rule-People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true. Wizards second rule-The greatest harm can result from the best intentions. Wizards third rule-Passion rules reason. Wizards fourth rule-There is magic in forgiveness the magic to heal! In the forgiveness you grant, and more so in the forgiveness you receive. Wizards fifth rule-Mind what people do, not only what they say, for deeds will betray a lie. Wizards sixth rule-The only sovereign you can allow to rule you is reason. Wizards seventh rule-Life is the future, not the past Wizards eighth rule-Deserve victory. Wizards ninth rule-Contradictions don't exist, in whole or in part.

09-17-2005, 09:26 PM	#5
DragonForce Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Southern California Posts: 925 Images: 1	Well, name brands of aragonite would be nice, i can't just climb up the scafoldings and pull out my vinegar and test it. It would be a pain in the *** to get someone to get it down for me then saying whoops sorry this isnt the kind, and then walk away. __________________ 37 [acronym="Gallon"]gal[/acronym] all glass 50lb [acronym="Live rock"]LR[/acronym] 3' fine sand bed 1x Orange Stripe Prawn shrimp goby, 1x sixline wrassemated pair of true percula clowns, 1x CBS shrimp, 2x peppermint shrimp, 1x pistol shrimp, 1x tiger tale [acronym="Sea cucumber"]cuke[/acronym], ~20+ snails, ~10+ hermits, 1xserpent star. green Bubble coral, hammer coral (8 heads!) ,various Zoos,green finger leather, green star polpys ,[acronym="Mushroom coral"]shrooms[/acronym] 175w 10k [acronym="Metal halide light"]MH[/acronym] 28w actinic [acronym="Actinic lighting"]03[/acronym] 2x maxi jett 1200 Prizm skimmer (modded) Hagen powerfilter(for running carbon 24/7) nano arctica chiller

09-17-2005, 09:54 PM	#6
krap101 Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Roscoe, IL Posts: 3,824 Images: 12	theres usually bags there that have broken alread . mines called like.. "tropical playsand" it has like... err it says its gotten from the carribbean and its white. like not clear like silica but opaquely white __________________ Wizards first rule-People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true. Wizards second rule-The greatest harm can result from the best intentions. Wizards third rule-Passion rules reason. Wizards fourth rule-There is magic in forgiveness the magic to heal! In the forgiveness you grant, and more so in the forgiveness you receive. Wizards fifth rule-Mind what people do, not only what they say, for deeds will betray a lie. Wizards sixth rule-The only sovereign you can allow to rule you is reason. Wizards seventh rule-Life is the future, not the past Wizards eighth rule-Deserve victory. Wizards ninth rule-Contradictions don't exist, in whole or in part.

09-17-2005, 10:40 PM	#7
Skuseman Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 53	I have put silica based sand into my marine aquarium a little over a month ago and it still going great. My clown fish seems to love it. I simply got the quikrete brand from the depot. It has been washed and dried already . I put it in hoping for good luck and I have [acronym:8a210e4845="Normal Output Fluorescents"]NO[/acronym:8a210e4845] problem with it whats so ever. Sorry if this seems like bad advice but it worked for me folks. :P

09-17-2005, 11:56 PM	#8
pelochas Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Pasadena, TX Posts: 140 Images: 8	i have the sme problem looking for the tropical sand in houston's home depots. but every hd has the quikrete playsand. the grain is larger than the Pavestone brand. the pavestone brand sand is much finer and if you dont have any problems with the quikete brand, the pavestone sand is what i will get. thanks

09-18-2005, 05:43 AM	#9
DragonForce Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Southern California Posts: 925 Images: 1	i decided to give in and spend 40 bucks for 40 lbs of fine grain live sand, oh well, better to just pay a little extra to know what your getting i guess, cheers! __________________ 37 [acronym="Gallon"]gal[/acronym] all glass 50lb [acronym="Live rock"]LR[/acronym] 3' fine sand bed 1x Orange Stripe Prawn shrimp goby, 1x sixline wrassemated pair of true percula clowns, 1x CBS shrimp, 2x peppermint shrimp, 1x pistol shrimp, 1x tiger tale [acronym="Sea cucumber"]cuke[/acronym], ~20+ snails, ~10+ hermits, 1xserpent star. green Bubble coral, hammer coral (8 heads!) ,various Zoos,green finger leather, green star polpys ,[acronym="Mushroom coral"]shrooms[/acronym] 175w 10k [acronym="Metal halide light"]MH[/acronym] 28w actinic [acronym="Actinic lighting"]03[/acronym] 2x maxi jett 1200 Prizm skimmer (modded) Hagen powerfilter(for running carbon 24/7) nano arctica chiller

09-18-2005, 02:16 PM	#10
CwCampbell2 Aquarium Advice Newbie Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Tennessee Posts: 4 Images: 1	I just bought 6 bags (50 lbs each) for $1.99 from Home depot in Southbend Indiana.. It was in a generic looking blue bag, said playsand on the bottom. But was labled for Landscaping at the top. I got it because at the bottom in small letters said it was made by Old Castle. Figured worse case, kid had a new sandbox ) Vinger test, it Bubbled. Its white, very fine sand too!

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