Where to get southdown sand?

[Rikko]

Originally Posted by Hightower

Rikko is that sand safe I assume for reef aquariums?
Or has it been sifted for undesirables. i.e metals and other harmfuls.
And who is going to buy 1 tonne of sand other than our LFS

The Bomix has been tested by a lot of guys and works fine. The local stuff I have *no* idea. I haven't even emailed him back for specific details as I've put the whole thing on the backburner (I only read about Southdown after having bought 4 bags of Caribsea.. Grumble..). I would assume there are no dangerous impurities in it. If you ever buy crushed coral it's got chunks of wood and other debris in it - clearly not a heavily sterilized and processed media. Yet I've never heard of substrate doing anything worse than affecting pH on FW people.

Not that I really want to buy a tonne to test it out on...

A tonne is way too much, though for 50 bucks the price is right. I'd sooner drive out and get a 1lb sample and play with it before committing. Anybody else feeling adventurous? I only have a 1/2 ton pickup.