Where's a good place to get sand?

Laura and Jim will be hosting the May meeting this Saturday the 12th and it will be the usual of food, drinks, raffle and fun.
 
Doors will be open at 6:00 pm for social talk and the meeting will start at 7:00.  Parking gets a little tight and the city says you can't park on 4th but there is a parking lot a block away.   Meeting is usually held in the backyard so feel free to bring your favorite lawn chair, weather permitting of course.

If you need address/directions, contact a club member.

Best if you park at Mini Mall (where the spaghetti establishment use to be)
 
You will get to see his new frag tank set up in the making.
 
Hope to see you there!

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[SaltwaterBob]

I'm in the process of getting my tank set up and still need about 100 lb. of sand.
Where's the best place to get it?

[Ed]

You want to make sure you get pure aragonite.     You also want to make sure you get it from a good source.    This was  my recent mistake redoing a reef tank.   If sand is not pure aragonite the thing that gets you into trouble is sharp edges, the mining process sometimes brings in contaminates like copper, metals, etc.   These things can shorten the life of your animals.   For example a sand sifting gobie.   The gobie cuts himself injuring himself enough where he will not eat and possibly death.   The finer particulates also can block the pores of your live rock.   I highly recommend staying away from silica sand.    That is just my oppinion.

[SaltwaterBob]

That's what I was thinking.
Is there a good source for dry sand?

[Ed]

Aqua Tropics carried pure aragonite.   They may have it in stock.   

I wrote a letter to Petco about mislabeled sand.    I never head anything back as of yet.   

[SaltwaterBob]

I know we talked about them at the last meeting. Are they offering a club discount?

[Ed]

You can Ask Mike.   He may give you a deal.
best of luck,
Ed

[leigekiller]

I am ordering 200lbs of live sand soon and they cut me a good deal on it, at 20$ per bag which shoudl be 1$ a llg and  they said they could probably work something out for you , when I asked them today.  Otherwise you could order at the same time as I do, and hofully they could give us the same deal on 300 lbs "

Daniel

[Ed]

I bought live Sand from a Vendor in Spokane.   I can call him if you like and see how much he charges for a pound.   It's hard to beat that price if it is live with little pods and shrimp in it.   

[jerryB]

I understand you really dont need to buy such a large quantity of live sand. It doesnt take long for the inert sand to quickly become live sand, and "dead" sand is much cheaper to buy. I definately agree with Ed about the aragonite sand. Dont compromise on that. Anyone else chime in on this, I am certainly not an expert but only am offering what I have learned from the other members of the club.

[MartyK]

http://aragonitesource.com/

Don't know if they'll actually sell a small quantity for a reasonable price, and shipping would be expensive.