Playsand - Aquarium Advice

mountaindew · 11-20-2006, 03:26 PM

Did I read somewhere on here where you can use a certain type of playsand plus live sand and that will work.Does anyone know the name of the sand and where to buy it.someone said home depo

Innovator · 11-20-2006, 04:10 PM

The name of the sand is New(Old?)Castle, mined by a company in Florida. The sand, as of now and has been, is only available on the East Coast. I did research on this a long time ago, but apparently HD packages the sand under two names for commercial and retail use. I do not remember the other name, sorry. If you live on the East Coast and can find the mining company, you can pull up a pickup and take the sand for free....not bad!

Otherwise, you can go with the usual Caribsea or other brands.

stevefromga2000 · 11-20-2006, 06:03 PM

you can get play sand from anywhere. you have to make sure to get aragonite sand though. here is a link that roka and myself talked about this subject quite a bit.

http://aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic....hlight=#678847

it's about half way down the page. hopefully this helps you

**roka64** · 11-20-2006, 06:08 PM

I agree, and remember that post, Steve. Here is another, longer one:
http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=22188

11-20-2006, 03:26 PM	#1
mountaindew Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: north fort myers florida Posts: 73	Playsand Did I read somewhere on here where you can use a certain type of playsand plus live sand and that will work.Does anyone know the name of the sand and where to buy it.someone said home depo

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11-20-2006, 04:10 PM	#2
Innovator Aquarium Advice Addict Community Mentor Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,606	The name of the sand is New(Old?)Castle, mined by a company in Florida. The sand, as of now and has been, is only available on the East Coast. I did research on this a long time ago, but apparently HD packages the sand under two names for commercial and retail use. I do not remember the other name, sorry. If you live on the East Coast and can find the mining company, you can pull up a pickup and take the sand for free....not bad! Otherwise, you can go with the usual Caribsea or other brands.

11-20-2006, 06:03 PM	#3
stevefromga2000 Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Misawa Japan Posts: 247	you can get play sand from anywhere. you have to make sure to get aragonite sand though. here is a link that roka and myself talked about this subject quite a bit. http://aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic....hlight=#678847 it's about half way down the page. hopefully this helps you