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Originally Posted by beglely
what type of sand is this??? i return home in 2 weeks and will be starting my 55g and I plan on using sand
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I'm not sure other than to say it's a river sand and it looks like your basic light sandy brown quartz type sand. The grains a med/large, say from about 0.5 mm to almost 2 mm and they're definitely worn smooth. He poured me a bag but I didn't pay attention. I'm sure he'll tell me.
The basic idea he told me is get chemically neutral, large grained, smooth sand so it can't compact tightly. I bet he buys his at a ceramics supply place or maybe construction materials supply.
I'm thinking about trying some grog, which is a sort of stoneware clay fired and crushed to specific ranges of size. It's rough but that also means more surface area. For now I need to stick with my current project.
I'll find out precisely what sort of sand he uses and get back with that info.