Inexpensive Bulk Aquarium Substrate

Feel free to share with others where you were able to find your substrate. or if you had worse luck than me feel free to let me know. the sooner we come together " but dont let the cat out of the bag" the better our chances our to save a couple bucks, or even a couple hundred bucks if you have as many aquariums as i do.

[fredgilbert]

Black Diamond medium grit blasting sand at TSC is a really pretty almost black substrate currently $11.99 for 50 lbs

[MichaelEugenio]

Good tips ! I love that you support local and small business. I do the same because as a business owner I know how hard it is to compete with big box stores on prices . I will always do better than big box stores with knowledge. Keep up the great videos !

[Vod_MacDuff]

This shit is impossible to find, everywhere I went, they looked at me like I was dumb, and had no idea what I was talking about. Went to pool stores, gardening stores, pet stores, tractor supply, and a few others. I ended up buying 3 bags of pea gravel from Home Depot, which is still too large, and I will try to sift the smaller pebbles into a bucket and use those, then toss the bigger stuff in the back yard...

[janets]

I use pea gravel from Lowe's or home depot. 40# bag is maybe $5. Really dirty, so rinsed it well and let it dry in the sun. Had enough for 4 tanks with some left over. Also use lava rock for substrate and filter media. You can get a big bag of around $5.

[superaquatics]

Excellent video & I agree farmers are very smart people 👍👍👍

[Katseye]

At a feed store! Seriously? Going to have to check out the feed store down the street from me! Wow! Think I'm going to take out the substrate in my 29 gal. Thanks for this!

[beewm]

It's probably the same product that was repackaged for the specialty pool store. Nice find!

[IRajeem]

I go to Landscaping companies they sell in bulk even cheaper than Lowe's or Home Depots in some cases

[donaldlopez]

tried getting the Dolen specialty sand. Live in southern Calif. Tried local spots down here tried Lowes, Home depot, and Ace hardware no luck finding it.

[mikeysgurl]

Nice support for small- local- nice people!! *high five* 😁 half price = hell yes!

[WhatIsMisophonia]

The biggest problem with sand is the smaller silt-like fines often mixed in with it. I'll bet you could get some cheap sand with decent sized particles, make your own filter out of a screen door mesh to filter out the fines, and mix the remainder with pea gravel.

[andypampreen]

Wow! for that much substrate of that grain size, I would have to pay upwards of $100-$150 where I live. No joke, this stuff is sold at $50 per 10 lb bag.

[spiderspokejunki]

What mesh size is that Dolen gravel in the bucket?

[DebTim]

Hi Kyle.. this is really good information to share. The expense for this type of fish supply is not necessary as there are comparable products like you shared! Excellet job Kyle!

[lonelywolf]

Only a printed brand name some times unnecessarily increase the price of a commodity many folds..
A penny saved is a penny earned...
Nice vdeo...
Keep it up

[RJ-vbgh]

I know all gravel has a generic name based on it's size, regardless of what it's used for. I thnk standard aquarium gravel used to be called #3 way back in the day. What is the current name or maybe the SKU #.

Places may or may not have it around me and or may be able to order it, but driving around and looking at bags the store won't open doesn't make for much of a plan. I would appreciate it if you might share the current order catalog name and sku number for the gravel you found.

Thanks.

[AngelosFishTanks]

Thanks so much for the tip kyle. Nice video..

[JenaTuckerAquariums]

thank you for sharing, much appreciated!!!

[FatherFH]

Just got to the lake and it is free. My first tank substrate was from a playground because i was super broke and that was the closest free source of sand available.

[jimmygimbal]

1st. and.. already jammin to the music.