using lake sand for fish tank?

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no way. if you put that nasty polluted crap in a tank for tropical fish they would most likely die
 
i am setting up a 150 gal fish tank and want to use sand on the bottom of the tank, i know that it takes a lot of sand to fill the bottom of a tank that size. i live very close to lake michigan and was wonder if it would be okay to use the sand from the lake for my tank?
 
no way. if you put that nasty polluted crap in a tank for tropical fish they would most likely die
 
if you are going to use sand of any sort, you should wash/rinse it thoroughly before putting it in your tank.
 
Just go to Lowes and pick up a couple bags of kid's play sand. Only costs about 1-2.00 per bag. You won't need that much really, you don't want the sand bed deeper then 1 inch. You could also use pool filter sand, not sure on the price of that though. There'll be too much pollution-sewage, gasoline, oil, fertilizer, etc. in the sand from Lake Michigan.
 
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