40lbs of Marco rocks coarse aragonite

[Mebbid]

I just finished cleaning up 80 lbs of the coarse aragonite substrate from marco rocks. Overall I'm not disappointed with it as it's about what I was expecting. It seems to be approximately a 50 / 50 mix by volume of different grades of sand. Half is approximately equivalent to the Caribsea Special grade aragonite while the other half is a mix of the equivalent to fiji pink and oolite. I don't have a fine enough screen to separate out the smaller stuff so I can't really find out more specifically what it is.

Pics to follow: 40lbs freshly cleaned

 

[IShallNtEatFish]

Ok I'm a little confused what/why you are doing...

 

[Mebbid]

Ok I'm a little confused what/why you are doing...

It's a cheaper aragonite $29 at marco rocks for $40 with free shipping. I went with the coarse grade because personally I don't like the oolite sand and fiji pink is a pita to find. I posted because the posts are few and far between on google about this without anyone ever taking the time to detail anything about it.

I am also about to set up my new 90g reef tank and wanted some substrate for it.

 

[IShallNtEatFish]

Ohhhh ok got it! Sorry! Been sick for the past few days and still on cold meds...

 

[Mebbid]

Ohhhh ok got it! Sorry! Been sick for the past few days and still on cold meds...

That's okay! I know the feeling.. right now I'm working on another all nighter so I can get school stuff done before work. My brain is officially goo at this point Just taking a minute between all that for my aquariums

 

[Macscale]

Alright, that's an interesting way to get substrate...

 

[Mebbid]

Alright, that's an interesting way to get substrate...

It is? I just bought a big box of ungraded aragonite and washed it using a strainer I keep handy. It had a secondary effect of screening the finer stuff out while cleaning.

 

[Macscale]

Oh... Sorry I misinterpreted the information. Oops. I thought you had ordered all the sand to just get one of the textures in it... I apologies.