Pool Filter Sand

[Big DaddyE]

pool filter sand in my tank

 

[Blubble37]

depends on what goes into it... to be honest i would reccomend this stuff - http/www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3650574/Trail/searchtext%3EPLAY+SAND.htm

 

[snazy]

depends on what goes into it... to be honest i would reccomend this stuff - http/www.argos.co....3EPLAY+SAND.htm

I was thinking of getting that as it is cheap, but then I read somewhere it is too fine and is easily stirred. Also that dirt may actually fall in between, because the sand is too light. I have no idea whether it is true or not.

So is this Argos stuff good, or pool filter sand is better?

 

[colleen0309]

It's really up to yourlikes and your fishes on what sand to use. Pool filter sand is a little coarser than play sand. I have playsand in 8 tanks and it works wonderfully!

Oh! Welcome to the forum!

 

[snazy]

I was going to ask a question, but I better open my own thread

 

[mishmash]

It's really up to yourlikes and your fishes on what sand to use. Pool filter sand is a little coarser than play sand. I have playsand in 8 tanks and it works wonderfully!

Oh! Welcome to the forum!

Do you have to stir it regulary to keep it from going anaerobic ? Do you grow plants in it at all ?

 

[fishguy2727]

I don't like any of the cheapo sands. Check out this article for sand in the aquarium:
Sand as a Substrate in the Aquarium

 

[snazy]

I don't like any of the cheapo sands. Check out this article for sand in the aquarium:
Sand as a Substrate in the Aquarium

The link is about "Salt" in the aquarium

 

[colleen0309]

It's really up to yourlikes and your fishes on what sand to use. Pool filter sand is a little coarser than play sand. I have playsand in 8 tanks and it works wonderfully!

Oh! Welcome to the forum!

Do you have to stir it regulary to keep it from going anaerobic ? Do you grow plants in it at all ?

I don't stir up the sand. I bought some maylaisian trumpet snails and they do the job for me. And I know some will say that playsand is no good for plants, but I find that they grow better in sand compared to gravel, but I do use root tabs to fertilize.

 

[fishguy2727]

Sorry.
Sand as a Superior Substrate in the Aquarium

 

[snazy]

Thanks. Very good article. I may as well throw a few extra and buy a proper sand then.

 

[colleen0309]

Sorry.
Sand as a Superior Substrate in the Aquarium

Nice article. If you have just one or two tanks, I guess the estees sand is the way to go, but I have 10+ tanks. I think I will stick with the play sand. It has worked great for me so far.

 

[snazy]

I would have tried the play sand if the tank wasn't as big, as it is hard replacing after

 

[fishguy2727]

I did my 150 with the Estes sand and it made such a difference that I changed all my tanks to it. I have done it for all my tanks including my reef, almost all my clients' tanks, the display tanks at the shop I was running, and many customers' tanks. No complaints from anyone ever. I do not think it is too expensive. It runs about the same cost as gravel and makes enough of a difference to not cheap out on it.

 

[mishmash]

I did my 150 with the Estes sand and it made such a difference that I changed all my tanks to it. I have done it for all my tanks including my reef, almost all my clients' tanks, the display tanks at the shop I was running, and many customers' tanks. No complaints from anyone ever. I do not think it is too expensive. It runs about the same cost as gravel and makes enough of a difference to not cheap out on it.

Where did you get it from and can you remember the price ? I like the look of it. You got a link to any of your tanks with it in ?