where do you find silica

where do you find silica#97532

By lil_mike227 -  Sat Apr 09, 2011 11:45 pm
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- Sat Apr 09, 2011 11:45 pm #97532

Im looking for silica sand and ive looked at lowes and ace hardware and they dont sell it there at all...where do you guys find yours? thanks

Re: where do you find silica#97536

By Eric -  Sat Apr 09, 2011 11:53 pm
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- Sat Apr 09, 2011 11:53 pm #97536

Are you sure they don't have it at Lowe's. They always have it there in 25, 50, or 100 lb bags. They also have it at Home Depot.

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Re: where do you find silica#97538

By lil_mike227 -  Sat Apr 09, 2011 11:58 pm
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- Sat Apr 09, 2011 11:58 pm #97538

Yeah i looked in the gardening section and the cement area and they had none and no one in the store even knew what silica sand was. i didnt look to hard in the garden area i just looked where they kept there potting soil and stuff

Re: where do you find silica#97539

By Eric -  Sun Apr 10, 2011 12:09 am
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- Sun Apr 10, 2011 12:09 am #97539

They don't keep the silica sand in the gardening area, it should be in the place where they have concrete. Try looking at Home Depot.

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Re: where do you find silica#97540

By Steve_D -  Sun Apr 10, 2011 12:20 am
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- Sun Apr 10, 2011 12:20 am #97540

A quick search of the Forum for "silica sand" will reveal the answers to the following questions and more!--

What exactly is silica sand?
What does silica sand look like, with pictures?
Where can I find silica sand?
How do I know that what's in the bag is silica sand?
What other kinds of sand are there, and how are they different from silica sand?
Won't those other kinds of sand work just as well? Why not?
I've looked every place I can think of; what other places can I look to find silica sand?

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Re: where do you find silica#99986

By MICKEY -  Tue Apr 26, 2011 4:38 pm
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- Tue Apr 26, 2011 4:38 pm #99986

I have 100,quartz sand .5mm is this good to mix with s peat moss,i use it in a fish tank so you can probably get it at a tropical fish store

Re: where do you find silica#100019

By lil_mike227 -  Tue Apr 26, 2011 10:21 pm
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- Tue Apr 26, 2011 10:21 pm #100019

I Already found some. its called Mystic white pool filter sand and this stuff looks pretty big thanks though

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