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06-03-2005, 08:14 AM
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black sand
does anyone know where i can get black sand for my nano , i think it would be an amazing contrast with the white rock and a wartskin angler
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06-04-2005, 01:33 AM
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I just got mine the other day
 http://www.canreef.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=17123 As far as i know you have 2 choices, The tahitian moon sand that i got or Onxy sand, (I heard the Onxy fades after time and looks grey thoug) I tried J&L and Big Als with no luck, Didnt try King Ed's though. i ended up getting it shipped from back east $$$. Anyways i got mine at MOPS if you want it bad enough to pay the shipping.
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06-04-2005, 05:53 PM
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A word of warning, be careful with black sand as depending on where it's collected from, some black sands have a high volcanic iron content. I found this out when I added black sand from Costa Rica that was so high in metal content that I had shavings forming on my magnet.
The aquarium brands should be ok, but I would test just to be safe!
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06-04-2005, 07:14 PM
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Tahitian moon and Onyx are the same product - one's marketed towards FW ones marketed towards Salt - if you doubt it - call up Carib-sea and ask.
As one would imagine, onyx is cheaper by the pound than the tahitian moon - but the tahitian moon comes in bigger bags. Andy
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06-05-2005, 12:41 AM
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06-05-2005, 05:49 AM
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Eh, Could be wrong on the maker, but it is the same stuff - there's a reason why the catalogue pictures they use for each (of the product, not the packaging) are identical.
Feel free to call the makers - whether it is carib-sea or seachem. I know we've been over this on a few of the planted tank boards, as many use onyx - but occasionally there are deals on the tahitian moon. It's been confirmed a few times that it is the same product. Andy
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06-09-2005, 04:15 PM
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I tried black sand and it really darkened up the look of the tank. It appeared that no matter how much light I had on the tank it wasn't enough.
Doug
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