sand

[schizo_fish]

ive heard of people using 'large' grain sand as a substrate. what would be classed as a 'large' grain size??
also, what sand has a large grain size?

 

[Aquascaper]

Just get play sand like everyone else does

 

[clutterydrawer]

sand from your lfs will probably have larger grains than play sand, *slightly* alleviating problems such as anaerobic areas

a lot of people seem to use "pool filter sand" which has large grains but i dunno if we can get that in the UK.

 

[parker313]

I had a hard time finding straight pool filter sand. My Lowe's had pool filter sand PLUS, the plus being other chemicals and stuff I didn't want introducing to my tank.

So, I just went to the other side of the store and got the play sand. I had to rinse it really thoroughly but it settled down in just a couple of days and now I'm so glad that I took the time to switch to the sand.

 

[schizo_fish]

yeh, my lfs sells sand that looks like it has been took off the beech. It is quite fine grained in my opinion, must be around 0.8mm. is there any type of sand that is about 1.5 - 2.0mm??

 

[clutterydrawer]

Yeah...it's called gravel.

 

[schizo_fish]

thats not gravel size cheeky. 2mm is tiny compared to gravel. the gravel i currently have must be atleast 5mm