Destin Fl sand?

[ScubaSteve]

I have a 125g tank waiting to be set up at home. i am on vaca in destin Fl right now and wanted to see if it would be ok to get the white sand out of the water and use it in my tank at home when i set it up? please let me know what yall think. thanks for reading!

[JamesL]

Probably not a good idea, as you do not know what type of contaminants are going to be in the sand. Would be better to start out with "clean" sand

[caferacermike]

Also, sand is not sand is not sand. What goes into an aquarium is calcium based. Typically called Aragonite. Beach sand is generally terrestrial rocks that have been eroded by the crashing waves. This is typically quartz based.

[medi]

Beaches are nasty....Use fresh storebought sand.

[innate1]

get in touch with prof

[JamesL]

Also, sand is not sand is not sand. What goes into an aquarium is calcium based. Typically called Aragonite. Beach sand is generally terrestrial rocks that have been eroded by the crashing waves. This is typically quartz based.

Very good points!

[ScubaSteve]

thank you all for your responses. the sand does look very nice here and is very tempting but not worth killing everything i get over. thanks again guys!

[prof]

I have plenty of clean, sugar fine, white, crushed coral samd for sale, $1 per pound.

As long as you clean beach i see no problems using it but a couple of things to think about.

Silica sand has sharper edges and may pose problems for bottom dwellers

Silica sand can cause phosphate problems.

You may not be allowed to legally collect sand.

Its a pain to collect, transfer, clean, your own sand.