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![]() Just wondering how you can confirm it was the sand. People use it all the time.
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![]() Well the sand is definitely magnetic, I used it in my cube, after about 6 months it began turning brown from what I assume to be it oxidizing and yes definitely gets dirty fast. It does look nice though.
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![]() Ya from what I am reading there two types of this sand and one is magnetic and the others not. It depends on we're it comes from.
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![]() Quote:
one case was my roommates tank , we added the sand within a month we were dealing with dying anemones , dying corals , dinos followed and then eventually we siphoned the sand out , immediate change and is now bare bottom , as soon as the sand was removed all issues were gone shortly afterwards. the other was a friend of mine who transfered to a new tank the only change was adding the moon sand instead of the usual stuff. Quote:
and thats what me and the roomate learned as well , there are two types ones magnetic and the other isnt , the magnetic stuff has problems posted all over various places. |
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![]() Where does one get the GOOD stuf from? I want to use it in my 300..
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![]() The threads in the past on this site and others about this sand has me pretty much convinced.
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You see lots of fingers point after one guy cried wolf. Just wondering. It is sold in many places and you would think after a while the issues would reach the makers. So again... Has anyone ever asked the manufacturer ?
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![]() From what I read online it says the stuff collected from Hawaii is magnetic and the true tahiti sand is not. From my personal view I would say it depends on how "old" the sand is because it being volcanic it has a high level of minerals in it but the older sand is the more minerals will be "washed out" being heavyer. Anything magnetic would be bad for a tank because it out contain chrome,nickel,carbon that will rust or oxides in your tank.
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![]() When I bought it it didnt say reef safe on the bag. But I took a chance anyway. It says aquarium safe just not saltwater safe. So I think its kind of a "buyer beware" type of situation. I suffered no ill effects aside from the oxidizing in my tank and magnetism. I personally asked many people on many forums their experience with it and no one told me of any crashing etc. Just the same issues I reported here.
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![]() Another option might be the CaribSea Indo-Pacific Black, second one down.
http://www.caribsea.com/itempage_mar..._aragalive.htm
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