donttaptheglass
Aquarium Advice Freak
I asked in another thread somewhere, where I could get black sand for substrate. Someone suggested I look for Black Beauty Sand that I could probably pick up at Lowe's or Home Depot. So, being the kinda guy that spends money he doesn't have I went looking online to see where I could pick some up. After not finding it on the Lowe's site, I punched the name into Google and came up with some items that concerned me.
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Now, I'd really like to find some black sand to use as a substrate, I think it would make for a really nice looking aquascape with a brightly colored greenery background and some reddish brown rocks for caves and some live plants.
I definately don't want it if its going to kill my fish.
Any ideas?
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I remember seeing some gruesome data on Black Beauty recently, so I
searched the APD. In case anybody missed it, here's the post from Jon
Wilson made on Mon, 17 Mar 1997:
>I used a black sand called something like Marvel black beauty.
>It was very high in Fe and was highly magnetic. It was also very
>sharp. A little piece stuck to a magnetic scraper would scratch
>the glass. It also found its way into small crevices in plants
>and damaged them.
>
>I finally quit using it after an autopsy showed it had shredded
>the inside of a fish. Other than the sharpness and magnetism,
>it was great.
It just doesn't sound too appealing. I think I'll stick to quartz.
Now, I'd really like to find some black sand to use as a substrate, I think it would make for a really nice looking aquascape with a brightly colored greenery background and some reddish brown rocks for caves and some live plants.
I definately don't want it if its going to kill my fish.
Any ideas?