In regards Sand Substare choices at Home Depot?

[Guest]

I just wanted to add that in Florida or at least here where I live, Home Depot only sells sakrete Brand Play sand and as I have discovered by all the post here this is NOT the right sand to use. I checked online at my local Lowes to see if they have the Quikrete brand Premium Play sand and they do so am heading there this afternoon. I wanted to provide a link of a pic of the bag I am getting Make sure without a doubt this is the right stuff and also if it is this will give a visual to others here of what to look for in the stores. I also read while looking for this that it is a mixture of dirt and sand maybe this is the difference why its safer than the other sands and it does say it is washed and screened also.
Here is the link. : http://www.quikrete.com/ProductLines/Sa ... umPlay.asp

[suebee]

If you ask for the one for making cement instead of for sand boxes you will find in less expensive. Home depot might have it if you ask for it as sand for mixing cement too.
our bags look different here but they do not say for sand boxes and that might be why.

[KrisDutt]

I just wanted to add that in Florida or at least here where I live, Home Depot only sells sakrete Brand Play sand and as I have discovered by all the post here this is NOT the right sand to use. I checked online at my local Lowes to see if they have the Quikrete brand Premium Play sand and they do so am heading there this afternoon. I wanted to provide a link of a pic of the bag I am getting Make sure without a doubt this is the right stuff and also if it is this will give a visual to others here of what to look for in the stores. I also read while looking for this that it is a mixture of dirt and sand maybe this is the difference why its safer than the other sands and it does say it is washed and screened also.
Here is the link. : http://www.quikrete.com/ProductLines/Sa ... umPlay.asp

Where are you at in Florida? Orlando does carry all types, its by the cemet making area.

[Guest]

Kriss,
I am in Tampa, we went back to home depot here and all they have is the Sakrete Play Sand it is in the area where all the cement mixes are etc and we even asked and they said they dont carry the quikrete kind. This is frustrating. Maybe differnt areas carry differnt brands I dont know thats why i put the link up

[KrisDutt]

Bluewhite - Have you tried other home depots? and are you sure they knew what they were talking about? Sometimes people aren't too bright

If you had no choice you could do 100% EE, I know some people here have had great luck with it.

[Guest]

Kris yeah down here all the carry is Sakrete from the sand to the cement mix etc.... I guess differnt areas have differnt inventory I know they used to carry quikrete products a year or so ago but now everything is sakrete.... trust me I have looked..LOL without taking a road trip to Orlando I am gonna find it here some where

I went on quikrete web site and there is at least a half a dozen different types of sand.

http://www.packagepavement.com/package_sands.html

[Guest]

Wow who knew this would be such a popular subject. I still have yet to write down the bag I purchased but it said on it for animals. It was moist, sand castle packable. and my hermy's seem to be doing fine in it. I have two buried deep right now. One is next to the glass so you can see his tunnel and its holding up nicely. I've glanced threw alot of older posts and don't believe they have gone into such detail in regards substrate. Maybe this might be recommended as a sticky for new Hermit Crab owners?

[Guest]

Ok. Went to Home Depot over the weekend with a pen and paper and this is what they had. Two brands, Quikrete, & Kolor Scape. The two best choices by recommendation were the cheapest. I'd add the pictures but not quite familiar with how to do that yet.
-Quikrete Brands. All 50lbs. bags. Found in Cement department.
#1. All-Purpose Sand $2.68
Brown paper bag with Yellow label.
QUIKRETE® All-Purpose Sand (No. 1152) is a washed, properly graded coarse sand with multi-purpose uses. Meets ASTM C 33 specifications
Use For:
-Underlayment for Brick Pavers
-Mixing with portland cement and gravel to make concrete
-Traction on Snow and Ice
-Mixing with potting soil
-Also great for mixing 5-1 EE. I added that.

#2. Premium Play Sand $3.10
Clear plastic bag with Green & Yellow Fence label.
QUIKRETE® Premium Play Sand® (No. 1113) is a specially graded washed sand that has been dried and screened, for children's sand boxes.

#3. Commercial Grade Medium Sand. $4.15
Brown paper bag Green label.
QUIKRETE® Commercial Grade Sand (No. 1961-1963) is a consistently graded, washed adn kiln dried sand used for industrial and construction applications.
Coarse, Medium, and Fine grade.
Use For:
-Underlayment for Patios/Walks
- Epoxy systems & industrial coatings
-Specialized cement mixtures
-Landscaping
-Not recommended for your Hermit Crabs.

Kolor Scape, brands. Found in land scaping department out side.

#1. Kolor Scape Premium Playsand. $2.96
Clear / Brown label plastic bag. Medium Grit.
Ideal for Play Areas, Sand boxes, Pet Areas, and Gardening.
The sand is moist in the bag ------------
and darker in color.

#2. Kolor Scape Washed Play Sand. $4.27
Clear / Blue label plastic bag. Extra Fine Grit.
*Do Not Use For Hardscape Projects, Aquariums, or Traction. ( Says so on bag )
This sand is whiteish in color but not at all good for your Hermit Crabs.

I hope this is some help to those of you looking for a good cost affective sand substrate for there fine Hermit Crabs. Also they sell 5 gallon pails and removible lids for mixing. I found the removible lids in the cleaning department. They are black.[/u]

[Guest]

$2.68 opinion is prefured.


$4.15 Too expensive and heard there is some bad stuff in this mix


$3.10 This is just fine, cost is a little more.

[Guest]

This is the Blue bag / Extra fine grit. You want the Brown bag that I can not find a picture of.
So Please Note*** This is Not What You Want! ***

[CrabbyMom33]

So is the Quikrete play sand with the red and green label OK or not? I think that's the one I have now.

[Guest]

If it's the one with the fence then yes it's A OK.