BLACK SAND

[GREG]

DOES ANY ONE KNOW WHERE IF AT ALL I CAN FIND BLACK SAND TO USE AS MY BASE FOR A NANO TANK WE ARE TRYING TO DO A COLOR SCEAM OF ACK ORANGE &PUPPLE ,RED FOR OUR FIRST TANK

 

[reefman23]

http://www.marinedepot.com/md_viewItem. ... uct=CS0821

Mixing different colors of sand only lasts a very short amount of time. the colors will quickly and completely mix together due to sand-sifters, water movement, etc. Also, with black sand (and pretty much any other color other than white), detritus stands out like a sore thumb and must be kept clean.

Jesse

 

[GREG]

dont mind extra work to keep clean all sand going to be black :shock:

 

[reefman23]

Sounds good! I contemplated the black sand idea... might even do it some day, we'll see. As long as you have adequate flow down near the sand bed, you should be good to go. Otherwise, it's nothing that a turkey baster cant take care of!

Jesse

 

[Trogdor]

The only issue that I have with the black sand is that it's usually not aggregate. Meaning that the sand won't act as a pH buffer. You will just have to watch the pH closer in your tank than if it were aggregate sand.

 

[TimSchmidt]

I've never used this store, I'm just using this link because it was the first one google came back with.

http://www.aquariumguys.com/moonsand.html

 

[Trogdor]

http://www.marinedepot.com/md_viewItem. ... uct=CS0821
also has the Tahitian Moon black sand

 

[mikeguerrero]

Ask DJconn, he placed some really nice black sand in his 6 gallon....

 

[Semo]

I would like to see some pics of tanks with black sand...Can't think of any I have seen set up like that. I have a friend who has 100g reef and put a small bag of indego in with his white sand. It looked good with the contrast of black and white mixed.

 

[GREG]

THANX ALL FOR INFO

THANX TO ALL WHO REPLIED HAVE ORDERED 2 BAGS OF TAHITIAN
tank will arrive we hope around christmas also have pre ordered40 lbs fuji premium live rock :maitre will be in another tank till cured after all arrives will put together looking forward to this along with the contrasting in colors reds purples blacks yellow a couple of clowns & a gobie some blue & red hemits along w/a red brittle star cant wait will put up picts when all is done also forgort :wlift plan on puttinf a red fire shrimp inalso cant forget him :fu lol

 

[TimSchmidt]

The only down side to dark sand I hear is that it shows debris much more clearly. Melev's site has some pictures of his little seahorse tank if you want to see what one looks like. I'm guessing a power head near the sand can help keep detris in the water column and off the sand, but it's just a guess.

 

[dancefish]

where can I see that site at????????????? would like to check it out myself
black sand sounds like it would be cool to see :?: though besides being more to maintain are their any real drawbacks to having black sand

 

[dancefish]

oh ya thanx for the hello yup happy b-day to meeee lol :shock: :cool1: :mrgreen:

 

[yousound like a white boy]

Tropic Isle Tahitian Moon Sand is what i am using in my 30 gallon now i am new to the whole thing but it just dosent look as clean as white and alot of junk ends up being really visible on it but then again i dont have a gobby in there yet

 

[TimSchmidt]

Seems that Marc has moved Casper (the seahorse) to a barebottom tank... Do a google search for "melev's reef" and you will find his site.