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Playwithbob- 08-22-2008
Desperation Sand
So I'm all over the web and it would seem that unless you want to pay .75c/lb on up for aragonite sand here in California your out of luck. I can order a truck load from Florida for only 260.00/ton + shipping min 18 tons. But I'm not sure I need 36000 lbs of the stuff. Then I had a though. Oyster shell chicken feed is just Calcium carbonate and Aragonite is just Calcium carbonate sand... I could pulverize oyster shells down to sugar sized bits for substrate :D I only need a couple of hundred pounds.

iairj84- 08-22-2008

Never heard of going that route but it seems to me it would be a lot dustier, I'm sure you would wash it anyways though.... Hmmmm... How much is 18 tons shipped?

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