tahitian moon sand and leaching - Aquarium Advice

push350z · 12-17-2006, 05:17 PM

I previously had PFS sand in my 46 gal tank and after leaching and causing a diatom bloom I had a nasty algae outbreak. Ultimately I had to break the tank down and clean it out. Now that the sand has leached all the silica out I wanted to reuse it, but I found that getting all the algae off the sand and seperated from the PFS is a PITA. I love the sand look and found that a local pet store has tahitian moon sand, and I was just wondering if sand designed for aquariums would have the same leaching problems as my PFS. I was thinking not, the PFS is sold by caribsea. Anyone have any leaching problems with it? If i'm going to spend $40 on sand I don't want to have the same leaching problems again. I went on the caribsea site and it said it's inert, so that means no leaching correct?

**Devilishturtles** · 12-17-2006, 05:32 PM

I have Tahitian Moon Sand, no leaching. It's perfectly inert.

push350z · 12-17-2006, 05:36 PM

Awesome, and one last question I heard TMS is slightly coarse, will it be ok with Corydoras?

MyCatsDrool · 12-18-2006, 05:23 PM

TMS is used in saltwater applications often, so i am pretty sure there is no silica in it.

pauliedanger · 12-18-2006, 05:28 PM

re: corys. I asked the local guru at my LFS and he said that corys will end up ingesting some, and they have a very difficult time processing it. Which is a shame. I love the look of sand. Looks so much cleaner to me than gravel.

12-17-2006, 05:17 PM	#1
push350z Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 83	tahitian moon sand and leaching I previously had PFS sand in my 46 gal tank and after leaching and causing a diatom bloom I had a nasty algae outbreak. Ultimately I had to break the tank down and clean it out. Now that the sand has leached all the silica out I wanted to reuse it, but I found that getting all the algae off the sand and seperated from the PFS is a PITA. I love the sand look and found that a local pet store has tahitian moon sand, and I was just wondering if sand designed for aquariums would have the same leaching problems as my PFS. I was thinking not, the PFS is sold by caribsea. Anyone have any leaching problems with it? If i'm going to spend $40 on sand I don't want to have the same leaching problems again. I went on the caribsea site and it said it's inert, so that means no leaching correct?

12-18-2006, 05:23 PM	#4
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12-17-2006, 05:36 PM	#3
push350z Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 83	Awesome, and one last question I heard TMS is slightly coarse, will it be ok with Corydoras?

12-18-2006, 05:28 PM	#5
pauliedanger Aquarium Advice Apprentice Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 10	re: corys. I asked the local guru at my LFS and he said that corys will end up ingesting some, and they have a very difficult time processing it. Which is a shame. I love the look of sand. Looks so much cleaner to me than gravel.