Live Sand

[cutter2001]

So I live in far south Texas, and I’m wondering what the difference of driving up South Padre Island and harvesting sand from the beach vs. ordering it from Tampa Bay would be. Both are harvested from the Gulf of Mexico. I can’t imagine that Tampa Bay’s gulf waters are any more clean than Texas’ waters. Just wondering what R2R thinks about this.

 

[Baldyreef]

So I live in far south Texas, and I’m wondering what the difference of driving up South Padre Island and harvesting sand from the beach vs. ordering it from Tampa Bay would be. Both are harvested from the Gulf of Mexico. I can’t imagine that Tampa Bay’s gulf waters are any more clean than Texas’ waters. Just wondering what R2R thinks about this.

honestly I don't really see an difference with you harvesting yourself vs buying it from TBS but it may also depend where exactly you harvest from like from the shore or deeper water they might harvest from specific locations like near or in reefs