gravel

I need someone to fill me in on gravel. cheapest, purdyest, etc. For new 55g
tank

Gravel is cheap at Lowes/Home Depot for 40.lbs($4-$6)
or Pool Filter Sand($6)

Make sure whatever you get that you wash it until the water is clean that you are washing it with! Otherwise you have a cloudy situation.

andyc wrote:

I need someone to fill me in on gravel. cheapest, purdyest, etc. For new 55
tank

I have some for free. If you want gravel.....If you want sand which i like better and cheaper got to home depot...pool filter sand $5 ...1 bag is good for a 55

Depending on where you are located I have several buckets of various colors I don't plan on using you could have for cheap.

If you do get gravel from a hardware store be sure it is made from an innate stone. Otherwise it will mess up your PH and you will have lots of problems.

If you are thinking sand get silica pool filter sand from Home depot or lowes. Its $5 for a 50lb bag and one bag should be enough. Just be sure to rinse it very very well. To be sure its silica sand look for the cancer warning on the bag.

There are pros and cons to both sand and gravel. They both need to be rinsed very well before use.

After searching through Kory's pond today, I'm looking for pool filter sand again at Lowes. Hopefully they will have it today.

Home Depot always has it...matter fact im going to get some today

*Home depot off of HW 360 only carries the pool filter sand imitation. Which is $25 and the dude there says it works ALOT better. I said it was for a fish tank and he said why would you put sand in a fish tank?

DUH I work at Home Depot.... They have it at the one off 287 for $5 for 40LBS.

Sweet! I'll be there today.

Wait wait...so you work at BJ's, Home Depot, AND have your own landscaping business?

Impressive

no i dont work at home depot. I do there to get my Pool filter sand thou. Just Bjs, landscaping, Finest Maid service and my fish

KMX wrote:

DUH I work at Home Depot.... They have it at the one off 287 for $5 for 40LBS.

Don't work at Home Depot???????Hilarious!

That was me pretending I was the home depot guy that told you why put sand in your tank? LOLOLOL all confused

Oh ok! Well one more class and then I'm off on a mission to make my own co2 for my plants and get some dirt/sand/aquarium plants/bass?/catfish?! It shall be a good day for me unless it gets too cold.

Phil start a new thread for what your trying to accomplish with your planted tank