Tesco Play Sand 10Kg

[Verminator89]

Righto, so i work for Tesco and came across some bags of sand in work today. I've been looking into changing my cichlid tank from a quite gravely and sharp substrate to a silky sandy one, mainly for the benefit of my breeding Dempseys So i need/want to know if this sand is suitable to use in a tank. I know it can't contain lime (i think it is) for it to be safe in aquarium use, however i can't find information on the packet to tell me if it does or does not. Is there a test i can do to be sure? It's like £4 for two bags - bargain i thought, especially if its safe to use in my tank.

Does anyone know if it safe or not, its safe for kids, says so on the packet

 

[kizno1]

Ive got some in my 30G. Its really light colour but looks good Just make sure you rinse i well before putting it in the tank.

 

[ajs2294]

Righto, so i work for Tesco and came across some bags of sand in work today. I've been looking into changing my cichlid tank from a quite gravely and sharp substrate to a silky sandy one, mainly for the benefit of my breeding Dempseys So i need/want to know if this sand is suitable to use in a tank. I know it can't contain lime (i think it is) for it to be safe in aquarium use, however i can't find information on the packet to tell me if it does or does not. Is there a test i can do to be sure? It's like £4 for two bags - bargain i thought, especially if its safe to use in my tank.

Does anyone know if it safe or not, its safe for kids, says so on the packet

Most play sand is fine you just have to give it a wash to get rid of the dust. But for chiclids (if you want high pH) you way want to take a look at Coral Sand or Aragonite which work better in buffering for high pH conditions

 

[Verminator89]

I have always been under the belief Aragonite was marine? Or am i hugely misinformed?

You mention it working better in high pH conditions, whats there to work....it sand

 

[Spanerman]

No, it creates a high pH water, it buffers it

Sam.

 

[Verminator89]

Where i am the pH is naturally around 6.5/7.5 so i should be fine just getting a bag of Tesco play sand then, havn't concidered how this sand will affect the pH though, anyone know or have an idea if it'll go up or down.

 

[kizno1]

The tesco sand didnt change my PH at all so it will be fine

 

[Verminator89]

Great! I shall be buying a bag, maybe two tommorow ready for my big rescape over the next fortnight Thanks for the advice and help guys/gals.