"Quick Crete" or something like that...sand

AquariumPerson · 01/14/2006, 10:23 AM

Hi, I called home depot and they said they have something called "quickcrete sand. they said it is a white sand and thats what they have. they said they did not have south down sand. i want to do a DSB.

what is quick crete? any experience? thanks

Dubbin1 · 01/14/2006, 10:34 AM

Many people have used it without a problem.

pete79 · 01/14/2006, 10:36 AM

thats just the manufacturer name
im pretty sure that sand has silica in it

AquariumPerson · 01/14/2006, 10:44 AM

i would much like to use it if possible........i need more peoples comments tho to make a decision

CastleRock · 01/14/2006, 10:45 AM

Southdown is no longer mined so no longer available from what I understand
Silica sand is no problem using it in the tank Just rinse it good if your gonna use it, a lot of Silica dust in those bags, don't breath the dust as well not good for you at all

AquariumPerson · 01/14/2006, 11:06 AM

ok, i will go and check the sand out. im not buying it unless its white, no brown sand. hrmm

AquariumPerson · 01/14/2006, 04:52 PM

its not quite as white as the sand you see in the LFS, buts it sugar size and it will work. I just bought like 200LBS. of the stuff for like $15, it better not turn into concrete, when I put water in the tank. I hope you are right Dubbin 1.

AEreefer · 01/14/2006, 07:08 PM

i used it, i hate it, its too yellow looking, and it made my sandbed making hydrogen sulfate bubbles. and it is so fine that snails cant get algae off of it so it looks horrible. i spent all last weekend re-doing my tank/ taking out the sand.

AquariumPerson · 01/14/2006, 07:19 PM

ehh, no snails can get around fine sand anyways, one of the reasons I dont do snails much in my tanks, they get stuck upside down or in the sand and they die.

onthefly · 01/14/2006, 07:58 PM

I used quikcrete medium grade commercial sand (brown bag with green writting). The MSDS stated that it was 99.9% silica sand...no feldspar (which is the contaminating component that will cause diatoms).

Works just fine.....not quite as white as southdown, but pretty white!

ste6168 · 01/14/2006, 08:01 PM

i am using the same sand you are talking about and i like it... you can check out my thread in this forum called 75g Tank Journal - STE6168 to see pics of it

01/14/2006, 10:23 AM	#1
AquariumPerson Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Southern Indiana Posts: 184	"Quick Crete" or something like that...sand Hi, I called home depot and they said they have something called "quickcrete sand. they said it is a white sand and thats what they have. they said they did not have south down sand. i want to do a DSB. what is quick crete? any experience? thanks

01/14/2006, 10:36 AM	#3
pete79 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Taunton Posts: 26	quickcrete thats just the manufacturer name im pretty sure that sand has silica in it

01/14/2006, 10:45 AM	#5
CastleRock Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,266	Southdown is no longer mined so no longer available from what I understand Silica sand is no problem using it in the tank Just rinse it good if your gonna use it, a lot of Silica dust in those bags, don't breath the dust as well not good for you at all __________________ I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself. D.H. Lawrence

01/14/2006, 10:34 AM	#2
Dubbin1 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Findlay, Ohio Posts: 11,540	Many people have used it without a problem.

01/14/2006, 10:44 AM	#4
AquariumPerson Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Southern Indiana Posts: 184	i would much like to use it if possible........i need more peoples comments tho to make a decision

01/14/2006, 11:06 AM	#6
AquariumPerson Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Southern Indiana Posts: 184	ok, i will go and check the sand out. im not buying it unless its white, no brown sand. hrmm

01/14/2006, 04:52 PM	#7
AquariumPerson Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Southern Indiana Posts: 184	its not quite as white as the sand you see in the LFS, buts it sugar size and it will work. I just bought like 200LBS. of the stuff for like $15, it better not turn into concrete, when I put water in the tank. I hope you are right Dubbin 1.

01/14/2006, 07:08 PM	#8
AEreefer Moved On Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: dayton, ohio Posts: 52	i used it, i hate it, its too yellow looking, and it made my sandbed making hydrogen sulfate bubbles. and it is so fine that snails cant get algae off of it so it looks horrible. i spent all last weekend re-doing my tank/ taking out the sand.

01/14/2006, 07:19 PM	#9
AquariumPerson Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Southern Indiana Posts: 184	ehh, no snails can get around fine sand anyways, one of the reasons I dont do snails much in my tanks, they get stuck upside down or in the sand and they die.

01/14/2006, 07:58 PM	#10
onthefly Getting back into it! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Ambler, PA Posts: 765	I used quikcrete medium grade commercial sand (brown bag with green writting). The MSDS stated that it was 99.9% silica sand...no feldspar (which is the contaminating component that will cause diatoms). Works just fine.....not quite as white as southdown, but pretty white!

01/14/2006, 08:01 PM	#11
ste6168 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 1,066	i am using the same sand you are talking about and i like it... you can check out my thread in this forum called 75g Tank Journal - STE6168 to see pics of it