Cheap black sand?

[eraagne]

How can I get a hold of cheap black sand? I googled but it was still 14$ per 20 lb bag. Which is doable, I only have about 60 gallons total. I just wanted to know if anyone knew of something cheaper. Preferably that I could order online.

 

[WeedCali]

Was it 3M Colorquartz you looked at?

 

[eraagne]

No it was Tahitian moon sand (possibly the same thing?) from the one of the cheap pet stores online. But 3mm quartz would be fine as well. Just had my heart set on black for at least one of my tanks.

 

[DrgRcr]

Color Quartz was discontinued at the end of 2009. There's something called SpectraQuartz that may be the same thing, but if it's priced like CQ, I wouldn't classify that as cheap. I paid $38 for 50# of CQ 2 years ago.

 

[eraagne]

I'll just get the name brand stuff then. I can get it off the interwebs for about a dollar a pound including shipping. Which is probably fine. Beats a dolllar fifty at the LFS.

 

[dundadundun]

coal slag... http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=223055

estes black sand... http://www.bigalsonline.com/StoreCa...estes+marine+sand&queryType=0&hits=12&offset= ... not so cheap, though.