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What do you mean by playground sand? Are the local kids gonna find a hole dug in their playground??
Aragonite and silica playsands offered for sale in the gardening center of your local Home Depot are often used for substrate in reef tanks. Do a search for
Southdown
Old AND Castle
Aragonite AND sand
silica AND sand