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10-07-2005, 09:28 AM
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REEFLVR
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Oklahoma
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Kansas City, Kansas
Is anyone from around Kansas City? My husband and I are going there next week, and I was going to check out there saltwater stores while he is in class. What are the brands of good sand I can get at the Lowe's or Home Depot. I will check there too. I thought the sand was called Tropical Play sand or something like that. I have to tear down my tank when we got new carpet so I have decided to replace the sand I had with the non-silica one.
Thanks for any help.
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150 Gal tank,sump, DIY Skimmer, LR,LS
Coral beauty, Clown fish, 3 pajama cardinals
1 b/g chromis, YWG, cleaner shrimp
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10-07-2005, 10:12 AM
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Shark
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Shawnee, KS
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I am from KC
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10-07-2005, 12:01 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Liberty, MO
Posts: 312
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i'm from KC too.
don't expect to find any sand that you can use in a reef in KC hardware stores. they don't carry it. some fish stores to check out would be fishworld, paradise aquatics, reef house and aquarium wholesale. fishworld is where i shop and is on the east side of KC, probably farthest from the KCK side of town. paradise is on the south side of town, a little higher than others, but excellent selection. they are in the process of moving and i don't know if they are currently open. Reef House is in midtown. i haven't been there since they moved a few doors down, and heard they had some issues with the transfer of stock, but that was this summer. i heard that aquarium wholesale recently had a electrical fire, but that they were able to keep everything alive. don't know the state of their store, but i bet superwhizbang could comment on it, as he has been there recently.
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10-07-2005, 03:03 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Kansas City
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Yes, I have been there and everything is repaired and intact. I think he got a new shipment of items in yesterday. I think Paradise is moving this weekend or next, so you might ask them how things are before heading over there. If you want to make the 18 mile jont, Pet World in Lawrence is not a bad place to visit either.
To be honest, the three that I would recommend the most are Fish World, Paradise and Aquariums Wholesale. They seem to have the best selection in the immediate area. They are just in different areas...central/south/east. Do a forum search here on TRT for southdown or oldcastle. You will find a write-up I did on the state of finding inexpensive sand locally in the KC area. 8(
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10-08-2005, 10:15 PM
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BIG SMELLY MOD
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Livingston Parish, Denham Springs, Louisiana
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Bump so You don't miss the replys
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11-10-2005, 06:38 PM
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squid
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: McHenry,IL
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I am looking for some south down or yardright or old castle sand in chicago IL or near area. or a site to order it from any takers?
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11-11-2005, 10:05 AM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Kansas City
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Try searching for "southdown" or "play sand" on the boards here. There is an article that I wrote with most all of the information you will need.
Good luck.
-Ken
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11-11-2005, 12:44 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Andover, KS
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If you are driving and will go through Wichita, there are a couple of really good stores here too... Sea Dreams, which just moved and is pretty easy to find and The Aquarium at Old Town, which is on Douglas and also easy to find... both very nice stores with very friendly and helpful workers.
Jenni
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180 gallon AGA RR mixed reef inwall, 100 gallon rubbermaid stock tank sump, 10 gallon hex fuge, Quiet one 5000 return pump, PCI PS-3000 skimmer with Octopus needlewheel pump, 72" Constellation from Aquactinics, 2 Triton Aquatics GS2 maxijet mods, 2 250 watt heaters, 200 lbs live rock, 200 lbs pulverized limestone
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11-11-2005, 02:42 PM
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REEFLVR
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 1,081
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Sorry but we are home already.
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150 Gal tank,sump, DIY Skimmer, LR,LS
Coral beauty, Clown fish, 3 pajama cardinals
1 b/g chromis, YWG, cleaner shrimp
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