SouthDown sighting...

[marco67]

Well sort of

Have you seen the new Carib sea"Ocean Direct" ?

I tried a few bags recently and when placed on top of a Southdown bed you can not tell the difference. It also has that nice "soft feel" that I've not seen since SD and not "dusty" or "cloudy" at all.

Why do I call it a SD sighting?
Back in the day ~5-6 years ago when south down started re labeling bags "not safe for aquariums" it was rumored that this was because they did a lot of private label work for Carib Sea. Fast forward to Old Castle stone being bought by Yard Right and Yard Right closing the SD plant.
When buying a few of the last available tons a few years ago I was told by the rep that the rights to that particular product (I assume collection area?) were sold to a company that they used to do a lot of business with, Carib Sea maybe?

Anyway... It's a nice product, worth a try.

 

[wrassefan]

so Marc, is the new SD come with a new price tag from Carib Sea??

 

[marco67]

Nope same a HD used to have it $5/ 40# bag

NOT

LOL Seriously it's the same as most LFS sand I'm not sure what retail would be but figure ~$28-$30/ 40# bag ??? something like that.

 

[Alex]

So do we know of anyone carrying it?

 

[marco67]

It's a common item from Royal (supplier most LFSs use) so I'd imagine most stores would be willing to bring it in for you if they don't already have it.

 

[Alex]

So no more south down prices I wish I had bought a ton of that stuff.

 

[dedfish]

Makes me glad that when I just moved apartments I hauled the 3 bags of SD I bought years ago with me.

 

[maurod]

Marc - do you know any of the Carribean suppliers of sand? I am thinking the BRS or a bunch of us would be willing to make a very large purchase in order to get us all cheap sand in the future.

 

[JayM]

Marc - do you know any of the Carribean suppliers of sand? I am thinking the BRS or a bunch of us would be willing to make a very large purchase in order to get us all cheap sand in the future.

second that.

 

[Rob]

!!

Marko sand?

 

[Rays]

Marko sand?

Hmmmmm

 

[ReeferMedic]

Marc - do you know any of the Carribean suppliers of sand? I am thinking the BRS or a bunch of us would be willing to make a very large purchase in order to get us all cheap sand in the future.

I'd be in for a bunch of bags.

 

[S Hunter]

Me 2 ...

 

[Alex]

Me 3

 

[BrianMac]

I'm interested also.

 

[rusty18]

I would be in for a few too, depending on pricing in the end of course

 

[Yaktop]

Marco has rubble, big rocks make little rocks, crushed rubble? hmmm, might have a new item to market

if your right Marc think of the markup they are making

 

[marco67]

Of course I've looked into it
Anyone that knows me could guess that

The thing you can't get around is trucking cost. Even at 10 tons it runs better than $.20/ pound thats $8/ bag just in shipping, add product cost to that and it just gets too pricey.
Honestly you might do better to just get a sponsor to do a group buy through Royal or Carib Sea.

 

[Rob]

any sponsers??

wanna pick up this and do a group buy??

 

[dz6t]

time to go BB.