One MOre Southdown Question
- Thread starter chuck
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OK, big pic of "old" southdown....hard to find it anymore....
New yardright stuff can be found here...
http://www.yardright.com/sand.htm
You are looking for blue bag in the middle. Sorry don't have a bigger pic.
-Linda
New yardright stuff can be found here...
http://www.yardright.com/sand.htm
You are looking for blue bag in the middle. Sorry don't have a bigger pic.
-Linda
This is just my opinion, but if you can't find it I would just set up the tank "barebottom for the time being. Add the sand later.
The scuttle-butt on RC was that the Fort Pierce Mining Co (the people who packaged the tropical play sand) went toes up. Marco (Fishy Business) was having a hard time tracking down some for a group order. He was being told that it was discontinued. Moe, on the other hand, is convinced it will resurface in HD come March.
Apparently, all is pretty much true. Some guy on RC was selling 40lb bags of something he was calling southdown just recently. Some people were skeptical, but bought it anyway. I think he got $25 including shipping per bag.
Anyway, since it was 40lbs, some thought it wasn't the correct stuff. Apparently it is, and the 10lb decrease per bag had something to do with the restructuring of the company. Who knows, but there is some form of the stuff out in circulation, somewhere.... It may take a while to find it's way back into major circulation, though. Or, Moe may be right, and this is the usualy winter panic over a lack of the stuff, and come March it'll be in every HD on the eastern seaboard.
So, set the tank up barebottom....add the sand later. JMHO.
-Linda
The scuttle-butt on RC was that the Fort Pierce Mining Co (the people who packaged the tropical play sand) went toes up. Marco (Fishy Business) was having a hard time tracking down some for a group order. He was being told that it was discontinued. Moe, on the other hand, is convinced it will resurface in HD come March.
Apparently, all is pretty much true. Some guy on RC was selling 40lb bags of something he was calling southdown just recently. Some people were skeptical, but bought it anyway. I think he got $25 including shipping per bag.
Anyway, since it was 40lbs, some thought it wasn't the correct stuff. Apparently it is, and the 10lb decrease per bag had something to do with the restructuring of the company.
Who knows, but there is some form of the stuff out in circulation, somewhere.... It may take a while to find it's way back into major circulation, though. Or, Moe may be right, and this is the usualy winter panic over a lack of the stuff, and come March it'll be in every HD on the eastern seaboard. So, set the tank up barebottom....add the sand later.
JMHO.-Linda
marco67
Smart is.. a box of rocks
Just a FWIW I think it was doug (dima96) that was having trouble finding it.
The info I got was that it has been discounted by old castle / yard right, not Home depot which I think is where some of the confusion comes in. Each year home depot discontinues it as it is a seasonal product ...then the rumors start flying. Anyway what I was told by the Old Castle rep was that it is a discontinued product but there were 1000 pallets left, my minimum order would have been 22 pallets (900+ bags) or one full trailer. I opted not to invest the money or the space and instead found another source that will be delivering only 6 pallets. Now before everyone starts calling on this
I DO NOT HAVE South Down NOW! The only way I could order from this source was with an unspecified delivery date of "March" thats it just "March"
The way I see it by then HD will either have it again or not. If they do I'll have it and not have to do those stupid 12 store "chasing the sand days"
and if they don't well then revert to A.
Aquaman_68
too many gadgets to fail
Marc, Can I get 20 bags. I can pick them up in the morning!!!!! J.K.
J.K.
