Habitat - Indoor :: Sand FAQ

[chrisinva]

Just a note, I added chrisinva's tank to the front page as a great example of colored sand. I also put in a little piece saying that you can get blue, green and purple from walmart.

Purple is available right?

Yeah they have purple as well

[Milton&Lola]

I've also seen yellow sand at my home depot in canada. Tho, yellow might look a bit wierd in a fish tank. I think yellow is meant for sandboxes...So you can't tell when your kid pees in it. lol.
Anyways, after reading everything in here I rushed off to get some sand and found blue! So that'll be my goal today, cleaning it and putting it in Lola's tank. =)

[Chrisbarnett]

Put up some pics in here when you get it set up.

[francinemarie]

Chrisbarnett - how bags of those colored sand do you think i'd need? i used the sand calculator & it said i would need about 30 lbs of sand for my 50 gallon. i don't know lbs that how many that 1 bag of green sand is, but that would probably mean i'd need a lot of those right? lol.

[chrisinva]

I used (2) 20 lb bags of Crayola Green from Wal Mart in my 55 gallon

At $5 a bag it's cheap

[Chrisbarnett]

yeah they are 20lb bags. you could probably get away with one bag, although it would be a little thin. I would recommend two bags.

[francinemarie]

I used (2) 20 lb bags of Crayola Green from Wal Mart in my 55 gallon

At $5 a bag it's cheap

oh wow 20lbs for $5?! lol. that is cheap, thank you!

yeah they are 20lb bags. you could probably get away with one bag, although it would be a little thin. I would recommend two bags.

yea i think i'll buy 2 bags. do you know if they also come in white? i wanted to mix the green with white . or if not, what other color would you suggest to mix the green with?

[Chrisbarnett]

no they only come in green, purple, and blue.

But you can get white from petsmart(sorta pricey) or you can find it at certain hardware stores.

I think green and black would look sweet. Black sand at petsmart(Tahitian Moon Sand) is about $18 for 20lbs though.

[francinemarie]

no they only come in green, purple, and blue.

But you can get white from petsmart(sorta pricey) or you can find it at certain hardware stores.

I think green and black would look sweet. Black sand at petsmart(Tahitian Moon Sand) is about $18 for 20lbs though.

aww i think i'll mix the green sand with either blue or purple. petsmart or petco's sand is expensive. thank you

[francinemarie]

I used (2) 20 lb bags of Crayola Green from Wal Mart in my 55 gallon

At $5 a bag it's cheap

i went to walmart today, but they only had the purple sand because it's out of season now . i tried using their website, but it doesn't seem to be loading anything about your particular play sand. i've been searching online but i can't find any sites that sell this sand . according to crayola, this is a "new to market" product & is only being sold at Walmart. do you (or anyone else) know any sites or places i could buy it from?

[ilikeadabox]

I know I had the same problem so I went to Lowes and bought regular sand for $3.50 for 50 pounds lol

[francinemarie]

I know I had the same problem so I went to Lowes and bought regular sand for $3.50 for 50 pounds lol

wow really?! what's the name of the bag of sand you bought? could you post a pic of the sand?

[Chrisbarnett]

Yeah, My sand was $5.80 for 50lbs of natural color. a picture is in the first page of this thread.

[francinemarie]

Yeah, My sand was $5.80 for 50lbs of natural color. a picture is in the first page of this thread.

oh, where did you buy it? home depot? do you think 30 lbs of sand is good enough for a 50 gallon?

[Chrisbarnett]

I bought it at OSH(Orchard supply hardware) don't know if they have em where you live?

Yes, 30lbs would be good. That's about what I used in my 55g for a general sand depth of 1".