Southdown tropical play sand

well as an electrician in the past I wouldnt be surprised at all about
the way food is processed and handled in any resturaunt.. Some I have
worked in the past I will never eat their EVER. But good point it is
sand.

On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 18:09:57 GMT, (Roy) wrote:

I would be more concerned with conditions my food is made in, in
fast food restaurants and who is prepareing it, more than how sand is
quarried/ mined or processed that may be used in a sand box. and if
its safe for being in a fish tank or for kids to play in..Give it a
good rinse and its good to go.......I bet we all would be in shock at
how sand for the pet trade is bagged and processed, yet aloone how
food is made, and a whole host of other things.


On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 03:01:39 GMT, AverageSchmuck
wrote:
The silica sand does bring a worry to me though. the methods as which
it is farmed places etc. Like kids play sand is meant for a sand box
so the company placing it on the shelf is only gonna look after the
toxicity levels of human children and featherd furry wildlife that
happens into it. Silica sand is found in many areas some of which may
have various levels of metal within the sand itself. Am I worring to
much?

AverageSchmuck wrote:
well I was focusing on the silica cause honestly I was interested in
the pro/cons between the types however I seem to be missed in
translation somewhere.. and I was asking more about silica based
because well it is what is easiest to find at places like Home Depot
etc. and the person that started thread already said they cant find
southbound and someone replied that many are looking for it etc..

Aw well I guess I was missed in translation somewhere thanks anyway
but you really helped none Psz


That was me

I have a 210 gallon reef that has about 400 lbs of southdown and has been
doing great for about 3 years (started as a 125 gallon and upgraded about a
year ago). I want to get my old 125 gallon back into operation for a fish only
type tank and that's when I found out southdown seems to have kicked the
bucket. Been looking around but seems to be only silica based sands. So it
looks like silica or pay through the nose at my LFS. I'm leaning towards
silica. Actually the whole thing has come about because I'm taking yet another
stab at trying a powder blue tang and even though so far so good I'm paranoid
about adding him to my reef tank (naso, purple, sailfin, hippo, clown tangs,
foxface, 4 various gobies. The naso, hippo, foxface are in the 8 inch range and
couple have had for six years now) because I'm afraid he'll get some kind of
disease or parasite like they always seem to do and zap a tank that has been
free of problems for a long time now.

Bob

and a big THANKS to all the feedback I've been getting from everyone!!!!!!!