Gravel or Sand?

[vanimal]

I just order 100 pounds of the black sand from PETCO! Only cost me $75!

 

[Keao_m]

Awesome! Dont forget to post pics.!

 

[vanimal]

I will! but I'm still in the process of cleaning so maybe ill have the sand in it on Thursday or Friday

 

[vanimal]

Tanks is up and running but the water is still a little bit cloudy. I will post pics in about one week!

 

[butterfly_koi]

Tanks is up and running but the water is still a little bit cloudy. I will post pics in about one week!

Have you done a pwc to see if that will help with the cloudiness?

 

[vanimal]

Idk what a pwc is...

 

[butterfly_koi]

Pwc is partial water change

 

[jetajockey]

Black blasting sand is sold at tractor supply company. You can also find colored sand from industrial supply warehouses, just takes some looking around. I found 3m colorquartz/estes sand in black and a myriad of other colors at around $25 per 50lb bag.


The black beauty blasting slag stuff is like 5 bucks or so for a 50lb bag, I have not used it personally though.

 

[vanimal]

Ok ill try some water changes tomorrow.

 

[Lonestarbandit]

Black blasting sand is sold at tractor supply company. You can also find colored sand from industrial supply warehouses, just takes some looking around. I found 3m colorquartz/estes sand in black and a myriad of other colors at around $25 per 50lb bag.

The black beauty blasting slag stuff is like 5 bucks or so for a 50lb bag, I have not used it personally though.

Dang it!!! Now you post that info! I just filled my 20 with pool filter sand (natural in color) I WANTED black.

 

[Keao_m]

Dang it!!! Now you post that info! I just filled my 20 with pool filter sand (natural in color) I WANTED black.

You coulda asked me I would have told you. Haha jk. But blasting sand is awesome.

 

[vanimal]

Oh I got my 100 pounds of black sand from PETCO for $75.

 

[Keao_m]

Oh I got my 100 pounds of black sand from PETCO for $75.

Man that's a lot of money. But I bet it looks great.

 

[vanimal]

Yeah big tanks cost a lot of money!

 

[Keao_m]

Yeah big tanks cost a lot of money!

I hear ya. My 100 took 110 pounds of blasting sand.

 

[jetajockey]

I put mineralized soil with a 2" cap of oil-dri in my 120 for less than $10.

 

[Keao_m]

I put mineralized soil with a 2" cap of oil-dri in my 120 for less than $10.

Ya the blasting sand was about $16.00 so not too bad. But for me bigger tanks mean bigger stuff

 

[vanimal]

Yeah the bigger the better I think!

 

[Lonestarbandit]

Help the uninitiated. Where does one find this black blasting sand? Is this the tractor supply or? Also low cost white sand?

 

[vanimal]

Low cost white sand-pool filter sand at home depot black blasting sand only at tractor supply Co