Leslie's changed sand types? Unsafe?

[ScorpiosWife]

Yesterday I went to LPS to get my usual 50 pound bag of sand for $9.99 & the guy told me they changed the type of sand they sell. He said they no longer carry the stuff they used to & that he was informed by a customer earlier in the day, who also came in to buy some, that the type they sell now cannot be used in an aquarium.

I could swear this is the same stuff I bought a month ago. Anyone else have any input?



This is what they're selling now.

[supadave]

Re: Leslie's changed sand types? Unsafe?

I have not bought any sand in a few years but the bags that I bought from Leslie's was different from the one in the photo .

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[FrontosaurusRex]

its the same stuff.just put 100 pounds in an aquarium last month. it was darker than usual but it feels and looks the same

[Andrew_B]

I bought that exact bag a couple weeks back for my new tanks and fish are actively breeding in it now. Did no special cleaning... just opened bag and poured in like you did with the old leslies sand.

[nightster]

Re: Leslie's changed sand types? Unsafe?

its the same stuff.just put 100 pounds in an aquarium last month. it was darker than usual but it feels and looks the same

+1 it is darker. That's what's in 3 of my tanks, no problems...

[ScorpiosWife]

Thanks guys, just wanted to make sure. He was telling me it has chemicals in it now, but I didn't see that anywhere on the bag I just bought nor on the bag I bought last month. Weird. I guess the guy before me freaked him out.

[troy tucker]

Prob.
I have a friend that works for leslie's. he told me it was the same just darker.

[ScorpiosWife]

Thanks, Troy. I could swear it was the same but the kid insisted that it wasn't & that another customer had come in earlier & said it wasn't safe for aquariums anymore. I put it in yesterday & no one is dead this morning, so I'm going with what yall already said. Same just darker.

[SunnyHouTX]

Kicking and screaming, eh, Dawn?

[ScorpiosWife]

Head = concrete