rusty metal particle in newly bought #0 sand

[Razo]

bought 3 packet of 0 sand today n use a hi powered magnet to run through the sand... size of the magnet is about 4~5cm long .. look at the amount of rusty metal it collect..too tired to do the 3rd bag after scanning n washing 2 bags.. ..hahah

[Razo]

from 2nd bag

[Razo]

so anyone putting sands in better use magnet to scan 1st

[Achilles Tang]

It's extremely scary to see that!

A good reason to get expensive aragonite sand from good brands... then again... maybe not... if you're willing to spend time to remove the metal bits.

Someone should feedback to the main supplier about this issue.

[reeff]

At least u guys can remove the metal with a magnet.... The coarse sand I got last time were actually mixed with glass fragments !!!! cannot remove them now since they are part of my sand bed

[CalciumReef]

...thats horrible....definetly run a magnet thru my sand nxt time......

[Razo]

bought another bag of #0 sand the other time.. rust from pic 3 was thrown out by my maid.. so no pic to show.. ..

from bag #4....

[KapoKidd]

Scary....Last time i bought my sand found a screw... in it...

[nicky30092002]

Looks i better run a magnet thru' my SB again juz in case ...

[dradttg]

Sorry...where should I go to find a strong magnet?

Dont where to find one except those small one in the stationary shop.

[trevy]

thats scary .. what if during washing the sand, your hand got cut by the screw or broken glass ?

didnt know that sand got such stuff in it.. got to be more careful next time hehe

[lightningstrike]

nasty supplier!!!

[AlfaRomeo]

ohhh mannn, its going to be a very hard time for me to go thru the 10-15 bags of Grade 0 sand.. porb need the whole day!.. oh mannnnn