CAN I USE SAND FROM THE GSL?
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Topic: CAN I USE SAND FROM THE GSL?
Posted By: adzmcss
Subject: CAN I USE SAND FROM THE GSL?
Date Posted: September 24 2005 at 1:39pm
| i have about 20 pounds of Live sand in my 55 gallon. and was wondering if you can use some sand from the great salt lake? i know that you would have to clean it good.Has anybody ever added a little bit to there salt water tanks? |
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Posted By: SandRider
Date Posted: September 24 2005 at 5:40pm
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Check this http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5652&KW=pond - link out ------------- Ray 65g Reef Layton |
Posted By: adzmcss
Date Posted: September 24 2005 at 10:25pm
| can someone give me good directions on where to get that oolitic sand? i wanna go early tomorrow.thanks |
Posted By: ltanner
Date Posted: September 24 2005 at 11:12pm
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Check out the link that SandRider posted- Mark has some great instructions in that post on where to go for the sand, and even pictures to help! ------------- Laura Orem 29 gal reef |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: September 25 2005 at 2:13pm
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And I always have a barrel of it at my place. This link may help you understand Oolitic sand: http://geology.utah.gov/utahgeo/rockmineral/collecting/oolit ic.htm - http://geology.utah.gov/utahgeo/rockmineral/collecting/oolit ic.htm The location that link refers to was exactly on the other side of the road from where we now collect. A football sized area of sand dunes was removed, probably by Broken Arrow Salt. I drove out there one day and it was gone. It felt like an episode of Star Trek TNG where the Cystalline Entity removed a city and left a hole.
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Posted By: Will Spencer
Date Posted: September 25 2005 at 2:52pm
| Just make sure you get the Oolitic sand and not just beach sand. Also don't collect from any of the public beaches on the GSL. Much of that sand was trucked in and is therefore illegal to collect. The stuff Mark collects is not anywhere near waters edge. |