Black sand

[Demonknight]

awhile back someone mentioned using blasting sand, for the life of me I can't seem to find it on home depot or lowes web sight, anyone got the name of it?

 

[manbeast]

Black diamond blasting sand, I picked mine up at tractor supply company for @ $8 for 50 pounds, takes a good bit of rinsing and has some bits that are reddish and some that look a little golden but not many also try to get the lower grain count like the 20-40 grain as it's less likely to get blown around the tank

 

[Demonknight]

thanks for the fast reply..getting ready to set my 90 up (have to build the stand first) but decided to go with the black sand look this time around

 

[manbeast]

What type of set up will it be?

 

[Demonknight]

Going to be ordering in Red tiger Motaguense (parachromis motaguensis) from the
cichlid connection site, been wanting to get some for awhile now, only bad thing is I have to order in $50 worth of fish at a time, on the plus side I'll have a few for sale after I get a paired up set *grin*

 

[manbeast]

Should be fine I have this sand in two planted tanks where I mixed it with flourite sand and I'm just getting a reef tank started where I'll be trying the blasting sand as well