A Sand question

sb1227 · Post by **sb1227** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 10:58 am

Yeah, definately. So yours will come next week?

Phisher · Post by **Phisher** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 1:02 pm

ETA Wednesday.

Phisher · Post by **Phisher** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 6:24 pm

This is a bit of a rip off to put it nicely. Do not order this sand.

HCJohn · Post by **HCJohn** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 7:05 pm

DOH!... You make me sad, although Im sure not as sad as you must be.

Can you give more details? Im sorry to see this happen.

Phisher · Post by **Phisher** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 7:47 pm

No biggie. I really just bought some to check it out.

Its not reef sand by my standards. Its very coarse, brown and dusty. Looks like leveling sand you can get at HD for $8 a 50lb bag. The "extras" were 2 empty snail shells, a piece of rubble rock the size of a quarter, and a piece of cheato that won't even cover that rock.

It was packed in 2 fish bags and stuffed into a cardboard box. Not so much as even wrapped in newspaper. Needless to say, mine was a soggy mess when the unhappy mail carrier delivered it to my door.

I'm going to use half of it in a small tank I'm setting up for turtle grass and seahorses but I would not put it in my reef.

HCJohn · Post by **HCJohn** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 8:03 pm

Well, Im sorry to hear that for more then one reason. I guess I will either take a trip to coral connection, or try and find some dry sand somewhere for a decent price.

And to think, I almost ordered some Mon. It was killing me to wait.

Amphiprion · Post by **Amphiprion** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 9:24 pm

Try www.billsreef.com . Supposed to have not only good quality, but some of the largest densities of infauna in mail order sands.

sb1227 · Post by **sb1227** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 9:37 am

Well, I am disappointed, but not surprised. I was hoping mine was an unusual case. My first reaction with these people is they spend more time making their ad look good than they do getting a good product. Obviously that's a correct assumption. "If it seems too good to be true.............."

Phisher · Post by **Phisher** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 10:25 am

Its funny, I've ordered 2 things from ebay in my 8 or so years on the internet, both have been reef tank related...and both have been a complete disappointment.

Phisher · Post by **Phisher** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 10:29 am

Before anyone asks, the other was a Japanese made iwaki pump that I could find no info on the model number. I figured for $35 it didn't matter much, I'd use it somewhere. Turns out to be about as big as a soda can. Everything is in Japanese so I'm not even sure if it will work on a US power outlet (no cord, hardwires). 8 years old, still new in the box!