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02-18-2008, 06:22 PM
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#11 (permalink)
| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Humboldt SD Age: 22
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thanks gazog... i bought 1 lot 30lbs should be plenty for a 24 nano right? back to the curing what how and why? | 
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02-18-2008, 06:52 PM
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#12 (permalink)
| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Florida
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I too bought sand from this place, great stuff!!! The trick to the cheap price is the shipping, the sand is put in the USPS "Flat Rate Box". No matter the weight its a flat rate, around $8.50. My sand was sugar fine, really fine. Turned out great though, mixed with SeaFlor special and was a great addition to what I had...IMO. _________ 40g display, 15g sump, 10g fuge, coralife super skimmer, 40lbs seaflor special, 5lbs sugar fine LS, 25lbs LR(fiji, and gulf of mexico) 265watt PC with 2 50/50 10k/6.7k daylight, 2 50/50 420nm/460nm actinic, DIY moonlites, DIY auto top off, 32g reserve RO/DI, DIY dosers, research... | |
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02-18-2008, 08:12 PM
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#13 (permalink)
| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Nov 2007
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Originally Posted by andybethke  thanks gazog... i bought 1 lot 30lbs should be plenty for a 24 nano right? back to the curing what how and why? | I was starting new tank so I just mixed it with the other sand and put it in my tank, let it settle and turned on my pumps.
And yes i would think 30 lbs would be enough. _________ I was always taught to respect my elders, but it keeps getting harder to find one.
Every morning is the dawn of a new error.
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
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02-18-2008, 08:16 PM
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#14 (permalink)
| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Nov 2007
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Originally Posted by newton27 I too bought sand from this place, great stuff!!! The trick to the cheap price is the shipping, the sand is put in the USPS "Flat Rate Box". No matter the weight its a flat rate, around $8.50. My sand was sugar fine, really fine. Turned out great though, mixed with SeaFlor special and was a great addition to what I had...IMO. | I actually find that a little funny, you live in Florida and you bought sand from someone in New Jersey! Come on you got to admit its funny!
Your right about the shipping, But my sand was not real fine, it was a mix. But you are right about it being great stuff. Nice and bright, which was what i was liking for. | |
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02-18-2008, 08:17 PM
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#15 (permalink)
| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Humboldt SD Age: 22
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sweet well the 24 nano should be here tomorrow! the sand by this weekend:-) now live rock to deal with i like the tonga but im a poor plumber/student so any suggestios on where to look? | |
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02-18-2008, 08:24 PM
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#16 (permalink)
| | Stylophora
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Columbus, Indiana Age: 23
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Originally Posted by andybethke ya me too but it looks kinda fishy... live sand from my lfs is at 3.50 a pound and lr is at $7 a pound | Wow maybe I'm spoiled but I'm only paying $.90 for LS and $3.99 for LR over 40 lbs. And for anyone looking for sand surprisingly enough my local Deathco has LS for only $.80/LB in 10 LB. bags!
Check out Premium Aquatics INC - live rock and aquarium supply they are a sponsor of 3reef and the main place that Otty, Kogle & I go for all of our goods. They have good prices on LR (Fiji is the best deal and I like it most). But we also pick ours up so check out their shipping rates, I have no idea what it costs to ship rock. _________ 55 gallon slowly growing reef aquarium, 85 lbs. live rock, 2 1/2" sandbed, 1 False Percula Clown, 1 Sixline Wrasse, 1 Mandarin Goby, Tetratec PF500 filter, 2 110 watt URI Super Actinic VHO actinics, 2 250 watt metal halides with Reef Optix 2 reflectors powered by Blue Wave 3 ballast, born 1/3/08 My Tank Thread My Tank Video  | |
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02-18-2008, 08:31 PM
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#17 (permalink)
| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Humboldt SD Age: 22
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well thats good ol south dakota for ya lol my favorite lfs closed a month or so ago... so now im left with deathco and petsmart... and a nether lfs that im not impressed with... they let me take home a anemone lr ls and salt mix!!! all at the same time... | |
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02-18-2008, 08:50 PM
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#18 (permalink)
| | Stylophora
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Columbus, Indiana Age: 23
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Ya the Deathco here sells LR for around $50/lb I think!! All they have are really small peices that they sell for around $20. I would scope out online retailers and find the one with the cheapest rock/shipping combined cost. | |
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02-18-2008, 08:57 PM
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#19 (permalink)
| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Humboldt SD Age: 22
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thats what im kinda planning on doing tomorrow in class lol i just cant justify spending that much on rock lol after all it is rock lol | |
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02-18-2008, 09:07 PM
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#20 (permalink)
| | Stylophora
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Columbus, Indiana Age: 23
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I know it's sick to drop that much dough but as I've found out over the last couple of months it's sick how much a SW tank costs overall!! If I were you I would buy all uncured base rock to save a lot of money. Another perk to this is that you know EXACTLY whats going in your tank. Less than 1/2 my rock I bought live and if I did it all over again I would put all base rock in. Too much money goes into these things to not know what parasites your putting in your tank!! | |
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