Pool filter sand?

[Bc chick]

Anything I need to keep in mind while buying pool filter sand?

[LizStreithorst]

I would advise you not to use any substrate unless you plan on ordering adult Discus.

[Bc chick]

I want a planted tank. Is there a certain size I was wondering. I see my post now. Did I just not wait long enough? Also why does my other post say last post by so and so but I don't see a post from them.

[LizStreithorst]

I can't answer your questions about the workings of the forum. Ricardo will have to do that for you.

If you want to put your Discus in a planted tank buy adults. I hope that you will be set up to do daily WC.

[rickztahone]

As Liz mentioned, avoid sand or any substrate for that matter unless you can get adults. If you get younger discus, you will have a hard time raising them with substrate.

[Bc chick]

I thought bb was for the breeders and people who want max growth. No?

[Bc chick]

Liz, you we're the so no so but when I clicked on her pic I saw your fish pic and thought you we're someone lol sheesh

[Bc chick]

So n so

[Bc chick]

Ricardo,
About the bb?

[LizStreithorst]

Liz, you we're the so no so but when I clicked on her pic I saw your fish pic and thought you we're someone lol sheesh

I don't understand what your are trying to say. If you don't want my advise I'll butt out.

[discuspaul]

Bc chick from Thunder Bay:

Please speak English properly so we can all understand what you're saying & asking, and then we can help you.

[Bc chick]

No no liz sorry not at all...i had asked why it said there was a post from so n so but i could not see a post from the. Well you were the "so n so" i just didnt recognize it was you because when i clicked on it i just saw your fish pic instead of the pic i see here. Im sorry. Didnt mean to confuse. Please NEVER butt out....thats why im here lol

[Bc chick]

Sorry discuspaul. My mistake i was in two threads with liz and i posted in wrong one. Needless to say the other thread is called learning. Btw i grew up in abbotsford lived there my whole life

[discuspaul]

To try & answer what I think your question is - :

I lived in Thunder Bay for several years from the late '60's until early '70, and I can't recall whether or not there was a pool supply store there at that time. If there is now, see if they have # 20 or # 30 grade density quartz-based silica pool filter sand - and if so, buy it, in whatever color(s) they have that appeals to you. Should be approx. $15 cdn for a 50 lb bag.
If there's no pool supply store, you might get it at a big box store, but just make sure it's true pool filter sand, and not any other type of sand. Hope this helps.

[Bc chick]

Small world. Thanks for the info.