Gravel

[emartin]

I was wondering where everybody gets their small (but loose enough for plant roots) gravel OTHER than from LFS?

If I recall correctly the last time I've been to landscaping places or Lowes or Home Depot all they had was larger driveway gravel as the smallest they carry.

Anybody know any sources (or what the non-aquatic name for the kind I'd look for?) for getting some? I've been considering keeping plants again but they only did okay at best in crushed coral substrate otherwise the only plants I have are anubias that just sit ontop of the glass or sand with the roots directly exposed to the water column.

I'd just rather not pay the prices for gravel that LFS's want...

~Ed

[Flareside]

I bought a bag of black moon sand. The I mix two cups per 50lb bag of white play sand (from Home Depot) It makes a mix of salt and pepper fine sand that is similar to eco complete.

The bag of moon sand I bought has finally run out with my mixing with 9 white play sand bags...I used one bag of black to make 450lbs of eco complete looking sand- the salt and pepper look tends to mask poop fairly well

Eco complete is about $30


White play sand is $8 at home depot
Black Moon sand was $22

Also you can get plain tan play sand for sandboxes- its very fine, almost dust like at home depot. It costs $6 for I think its a 60lb bag

[misterted]

I bought playsand from home depot after checking the bag and it said 100% carribean aragonite.

[Zippo]

I used nothing but pea gravel from the local cement plant here. I'm a natural gravel nut. :) Plants grew like mad in the stuff too.

[emartin]

Which cement plant, Clayton? I never thought of looking there for gravel and one of their locations is right in my town.