This Sand Okay?

[Pkn]

Lol just wondering what sand can't be used

 

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...sakura.

When can sand be bad? I guess there's the occasional situation where you manage to get a sand that's active at raising the hardness and pH, just like the situation where you get rocks that would cause fizzing with the vinegar test. That's probably the most common I would think.

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[Pkn]

...sakura.

When can sand be bad? I guess there's the occasional situation where you manage to get a sand that's active at raising the hardness and pH, just like the situation where you get rocks that would cause fizzing with the vinegar test. That's probably the most common I would think.

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Ty cause thinking of getting sand for future fish

 

[Winterlily]

My concern was that I'm sure there is sand (or whatever kind) that's treated with stuff - anti-mite stuff, antibacterial stuff, anti-mold, anti-fungal stuff, whatever. You'd think kid's sand would NOT be, but, on the other hand, you could see why it might be, too. I'd guess it would have to say something on the label, but I wasn't taking any chances.

My guess is that all kid's play sand - of whatever manufacturer - are fine for our tanks. From the responses here at least, I'd definitely assume that was so!

 

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My concern was that I'm sure there is sand (or whatever kind) that's treated with stuff - anti-mite stuff, antibacterial stuff, anti-mold, anti-fungal stuff, whatever. You'd think kid's sand would NOT be, but, on the other hand, you could see why it might be, too. I'd guess it would have to say something on the label, but I wasn't taking any chances.

My guess is that all kid's play sand - of whatever manufacturer - are fine for our tanks. From the responses here at least, I'd definitely assume that was so!

Yes, you are a detail person like me and every step where people can't tell you something definite then begins to seem like a risk! I think for a lot of these we just have to assume that if there were a lot of problems like this, we would have seen a certain percentage of trouble reports here on TFF and for various sands, that's just not the case, it seems to almost never have caused people trouble.

Now, if your're intent on continuing to find the hardest way possible to put substrate in your tank ( ) I suggest you gather buckets of sand/pebbles from the distant bottom of a remote freshwater stream, where people don't usually go, I've heard it from one of the master cory breeders that this is the "ultimate" sand! (that bit of lore is serious, but yes, I'm giving you a bit of a hard time, in case its not obvious, lol!)

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[Winterlily]

I promise I don't want anything to do with the hardest way to do ANYthing. (Just seems that way!) Play sand it was, Toys R Us it was, washed it was, and currently sitting in the bottom of my very first planted tank it is, awaiting Roo's (one of my bettas) moving in later today!

I'm giving you a bit of a hard time, in case its not obvious

That's okay - my slightly neurotic nature (I will not listen to one word debating my use of the word "slightly" there either ) and my being a major worrier needs a joking reality check now and then! (And.... I can generally give as good as I get. )

 

[Cdarmychi]

...All I can say is LOL

 

[Winterlily]