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Offline Regalblue

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Re: Sand in aquariums
« Reply #15 on: May 29, 2013, 09:32:05 PM »
Eco complete plant substrate (black) mixed with PFS & argonite

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Re: Sand in aquariums
« Reply #16 on: May 29, 2013, 09:58:06 PM »
PFS and the Home Depot commercial grade paver Medium grit are actually the exact same thing, you just pay a bit more for the PFS package/bag  ;)
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Re: Sand in aquariums
« Reply #17 on: May 29, 2013, 11:44:34 PM »
PFS and the Home Depot commercial grade paver Medium grit are actually the exact same thing, you just pay a bit more for the PFS package/bag  ;)
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I had some Leslies PFS and compared it to HD fine grit paver sand, HD medium grit paver sand, and HD Playsand, and the Leslies PFS and the medium grit Commercial paver sand from HD were exactly the same in size/grit/color/texture/sink rate and every way you can compare sand. There is also a guy on C-F.com that did a comparison of about 7-8 different sands and found the exact same thing I found (medium HD sand and PFS = one in the same).
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Re: Sand in aquariums
« Reply #18 on: May 30, 2013, 10:58:46 AM »
I had some Leslies PFS and compared it to HD fine grit paver sand, HD medium grit paver sand, and HD Playsand, and the Leslies PFS and the medium grit Commercial paver sand from HD were exactly the same in size/grit/color/texture/sink rate and every way you can compare sand.
Forgot maybe taste?  :P
Sounds good - I'll have to take a look because I need to pickup some more soon.
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Re: Sand in aquariums
« Reply #19 on: May 30, 2013, 12:11:35 PM »
Yeah I know...I can get a little OCD when it comes to my hobbies lol ;D

If you get the HD stuff they have two colors depending on grit. The Medium is a natural tan color which is really nice, and then the fine grit is a pure white. Just don;t do what I did the first time and mix half & half. I thought it would look good that way but I ended up having to clean it out and refill the tank because the tan med grit just sat on top of the fine grit and made it look like the sand was always dirty. So I learned the hard way not to do that again.

It's really clean right out of the bag as well. Just a quick rinse and no dust as all. Mine was actually crystal clear as I was filling the tank if you can believe that. Here's a pic of it as I was filling the first 55 tank with it so you can see just how nice and clean it is after just one quick washing...

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Re: Sand in aquariums
« Reply #20 on: May 30, 2013, 01:37:04 PM »
At least now I'll have a local source besides Rich.  :P
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Re: Sand in aquariums
« Reply #21 on: May 30, 2013, 02:10:52 PM »
At least now I'll have a local source besides Rich.  :P
Eh doesn't matter.... Rich'll still use my place as a storage facility.  :P