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	types of sands?
Callatya Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001	I want a yellowy sand (or white i guess, but yellowy/raw sugar colour is better) for my axolotl tank... but i don't know what type.... am i avoiding silica... if so, how and why? For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:26
Gomer Ultimate Fish Guru Small Fry with BBQ Sauce Posts: 3602 Kudos: 1709 Votes: 106 Registered: 29-Mar-2002	Maybe you could collect some beach sand from a relatively unpolluted area. But being in Sydney isn't going to help eh? If you did get beach sand, maybe bleaching it, then boiling and baking it might be in order to clean it. Why do you want to avoid silica sands? -- Gomer
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:26
Callatya Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001	i dont. i like silica sands. and i already have a 2L bottle of white beach sand from a beach near the mouth of the Hawkesbury that you cannot get to from land (OK, not pristine, but not foul, very nice for local) For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:26
Gomer Ultimate Fish Guru Small Fry with BBQ Sauce Posts: 3602 Kudos: 1709 Votes: 106 Registered: 29-Mar-2002	Don't worry if the sand is silica based or not. -- Gomer[/font]
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:26
T/A Mega Fish Posts: 942 Kudos: 1796 Registered: 20-Feb-2004	The sand I have is kind of yellow, kind of white. It's just normal play sand. QUIKRETE brand. I bought it from Home Depot for less than $4/50lbs. Here's a link, just so you know what the package looks like. http://www.quikrete.com/catalog/PlaySand.html
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:26
Curare Enthusiast Posts: 196 Kudos: 130 Votes: 0 Registered: 23-Jun-2004	Home Depot??!?! Callatya, you might wanna try bunnings, for something like that.. Ooor Do what I did, and find a place that sells sandblasting sand, and ring them up, even if they don't have what you want, they might be able to find you something that will work. See if you can get Garnet (for that reddy pink colour) or Fusilea, (off white)... I'm still trying to get black but I have found a source for grey gravel at $7.70 AUD for 25KG!!!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:26
T/A Mega Fish Posts: 942 Kudos: 1796 Registered: 20-Feb-2004	Sorry, I didn't know Australia didn't have Home Depots. But any major home improvement store should carry some kind of sand like this. It's has larger grains then the normal play sand. Which helps keep it from becoming compacted. I guess sandblasting sand would be about the same if not better.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:26
Curare Enthusiast Posts: 196 Kudos: 130 Votes: 0 Registered: 23-Jun-2004	They do. I've had a hunt around for stuff like this. Our Home Depot is known as Bunnings, (at least here in Wester Australia). They do sell fine gravel/ sand but it's about $2.00AUD a kilo. A little expensive if you ask me, and it's painted stone too, not it's natural colour, which I'm not a big fan of, but will use if I have to.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:26
Curare Enthusiast Posts: 196 Kudos: 130 Votes: 0 Registered: 23-Jun-2004	Update, I finally gave up on trying to find what I wanted at a reasonable price. And dissapeared into the perth hills get get some good stuff. I found the most suitable gravel, pefect size and a nice natural colour, at the bottom of a creek. Wading through thigh deep ice cold water isn't fun tho. but it gave me a chance to go hunting some really nice gnarly driftwood too. But be warned, the amount of silt in creek gravel has to be seen to be beleived! wash wash wash wash wash... rinse, repeat
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:26
nano reefer Fish Addict Posts: 716 Kudos: 570 Votes: 3 Registered: 29-Feb-2004	Hey coral sand is a realy nice one i recomend that! As its is a whitish colour and it is realy soft. Good luck
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:26


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