Black sand?

[Travis55]

I love black sand ..Use it in all my tanks...They are all SW..
This is what i use
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3578+9805+21432&pcatid=21432

Got any pics of ur tanks?? Id really appreciate it!!!

 

[Jmedic25]

Look into black diamond blasting sand...Hard to prewash but super cheap and looks awesome.

 

[00youknowit00]

I have black sand in my pico and love it. Yeah you can see some stuff on it, but its so worth it, it looks amazing

 

[MacDracor]

Black diamond blasting sand? Not familiar with that... so I googled. There's some beautiful planted fw aquariums using it. Doesn't have the buffering capacity of aragonite, but still cool looking.

 

[Alyxx]

I kind of like how you can see any debris in the tank on black sand, it let's me know where to clean. I use black sand in both my brackish tanks and I love it!

 

[Travis55]

I kind of like how you can see any debris in the tank on black sand, it let's me know where to clean. I use black sand in both my brackish tanks and I love it!

Looks good. Kinda wish i woulda got the blue...

 

[melosu58]

I used black sand in my pico awhile back, and while it looked awesome it was tough to keep clean. I wouldnt use it again even though it looks nice. LOL

This is what I have heard others say also that it`s just too hard to keep clean. Harder to see fish waste that could be seen and siphoned up if it was a light substrate.

 

[Starchar]

To me it is all a matter of preference. I have a tank with black sand (12 gal) and one with white sand (BC29) and I like them both. It seems that what is seen on one is missed on the other and vice-versa. It is similar to having cats, light hair on dark clothes, dark hair on light clothes.

 

[Ibrahim]

Ive had black sand with a little white sand. But the tank was pretty dark looking so when I upgraded I added a little black to white sand. About 1:4 ratio here is before and after. It's a good mix. Btw I used petco sand.

 

[Travis55]

To me it is all a matter of preference. I have a tank with black sand (12 gal) and one with white sand (BC29) and I like them both. It seems that what is seen on one is missed on the other and vice-versa. It is similar to having cats, light hair on dark clothes, dark hair on light clothes.

Got any pics?

 

[Travis55]

Ive had black sand with a little white sand. But the tank was pretty dark looking so when I upgraded I added a little black to white sand. About 1:4 ratio here is before and after. It's a good mix. Btw I used petco sand.

Looks good!

 

[Starchar]

Here is my original build thread it has a few pics. You did ask for pics, not trying to hijack your thread

http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f101/12-gallon-cad-nano-journal-147680.html