substrate question

[daniella3d]

Mine is white but not pure white. What ever bits fall on it looks dirthy. It does not look clean as black sand. I saw black sand when I went to someone's home not long ago and thought it was really nice looking. It would make the coral pop.

I like white too but I guess I will just have to get more sand snails. I have a few conch on order.

Originally Posted by elias

I am not sure about black as i never used it,i could imagine the look would be nice maybe crisp, i am thinking pitch black (different though)
Never had a problem keeping my white sand clean maybe the high water flow or maybe the sand sifters in my reef.

[mark]

none

[Aquattro]

My current tank is using sugar sand, and mostly I'm happy with it. I probably should have washed it first, so I have a bit of dust still floating around

[monocus]

sugar sand for my wrasses-cleaned by snails,sand dollar,orange striped gobies.i have used black sand in my berghia tanks-it's a pain to keep clean as the detirus keeps accumilating

[daniella3d]

Why is black sand a pain to keep clean?

Originally Posted by monocus

i have used black sand in my berghia tanks-it's a pain to keep clean as the detirus keeps accumilating

[eli@fijireefrock.com]

Originally Posted by daniella3d

Why is black sand a pain to keep clean?

I think most of dirt in the tank is either witish or grey on black sand it will glow nicely.lol

[monocus]

black sand is crushed basalt(volcanic)-white sand is crushed coral(calcium)