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asherah 12-15-2007 04:48 PM

Black sand. Does anyone have pics ?
 
I read that you can see the detrius on the black sand more. Is this true ? I'm considering going with the black sand for my new tank.
thanks alot
asherah

Delphinus 12-15-2007 06:56 PM

Psyire has black sand in his 180g. Check it out:
http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/sho...d.php?t=37150&

Psyire 12-15-2007 07:02 PM

I wouldn't say detritus, but instead bits and pieces of the rocks themselves that fall off and collect on the sand.

Of course it all dosen't matter when you have 1000+ baby cerith snails living in it. These little shells are everywhere... especially at night. (they cover the sand in a sea of white) They are starting to get bigger and head up on the rocks now, so it's been interesting to watch.

Coldwater 12-16-2007 12:21 AM

Where do you get black sand? It looks great.

Matt

Psyire 12-16-2007 12:25 AM

Caribsea Tahiti Moon Sand

I bought mine at Big Al's

frontline 12-16-2007 08:30 AM

I really like the look of the black sand. Hard to decide whether to switch to the black or go bare bottom. Anyways looks great.

michika 12-16-2007 03:20 PM

I also had black sand at one point, but larger sized granuals. I had sea chem's tidal sand I believe it was called. It looked cleaner overall then white sand, but I found that the larger size wasn't as attractive as say the sugar sand variety.

Kabong 12-17-2007 06:33 PM

I've got black in my 33Gal.
It look's great if you have the time to maintain it.
Otherwise you end up with little white bits all over it.

NateL 01-02-2008 11:08 PM

The other week I dropped my nimble cleaner into my black sand and it picked a bunch up-magnetic like. This must mean that there is iron in it. Is that going to pose any problems?

I dont have much in the tank at this moment, a couple snails, hermits, and sexy shrimp. I put some mushrooms and anthelia(sp) in and the mushrooms have been fine, but the anthelia hasnt flourished like it usually does. The lighting might be a bit strong... 70w 14k MH and 28w PC 50-50 for a 7G bowfront.

Nate

albert_dao 01-02-2008 11:10 PM

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...cromussa12.jpg


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