VioletEmber
Aquarium Advice Freak
I bought some pretty "black beauty" black sand for my son's 10g tank. It was in a big bucket and you just scooped it up yourself so there was no label on it.
We had guppies and a female Betta and a mystery snail. When we changed the gravel to the sand we had a mini-cycle and I didn't catch it in time and we lost some guppies. And the mystery snails too.
Fast forward- I suddenly realized that I might have gotten the blasting sand that I've seen mentioned. The betta looked like she had a weird injury on her mouth and I was still confused why the mystery snails died. Sure enough "black beauty" is blasting sand.
We got two new mystery snails - should I take them out? Should I take the sand out and get regular sand? What do I need to know about the iron content? Ack! Help!
We had guppies and a female Betta and a mystery snail. When we changed the gravel to the sand we had a mini-cycle and I didn't catch it in time and we lost some guppies. And the mystery snails too.
Fast forward- I suddenly realized that I might have gotten the blasting sand that I've seen mentioned. The betta looked like she had a weird injury on her mouth and I was still confused why the mystery snails died. Sure enough "black beauty" is blasting sand.
We got two new mystery snails - should I take them out? Should I take the sand out and get regular sand? What do I need to know about the iron content? Ack! Help!