New betta tank

[sharkweek178]

I hit the Home Depot yesterday. Got some play sand, another 5 gallon bucket and some wood to make a drying stand for the 5 gallon buckets. For the first month or two of this tank, I'm considering it in quarantine. So I bought a separate set of equipment (gravel vac, aquascaping tools, net, etc) and will use its own buckets for water changes to avoid the risk of spreading any disease.
Added the sand yesterday. I have a plastic canvas mesh ready. I cut a couple pieces to size and used fishing line to attach them together. I just ordered a whole bunch of java moss and a big bottle of superglue.

 

[sharkweek178]

Try to get a refund for all the sand. Tell them what happened.

I got this at a local Petco. I don't buy anything living from there. But I don't mind getting things like nets, food, or hardscape.
Anyways, I'm a bit of a regular there. I showed the guy there the picture I posted and he was happy to make it right. It's been more than a month since the purchase so they couldn't do a straight refund. But they did do store credit. And that was fine with me. And since he also refunded the bag I used and threw out and not just the ones I brought back, I was pretty happy with the whole deal.