black sand?

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regina13

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Do you like the look of black sand in a aggressive tank? I have seen more and more people doing it, and I don't know if I like it...
 
keri

keri

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I love the look of the pure black stuff (but it doesn't come in Live - just a mixed-black live) but I think if you want to keep it looking amazing you'll be constantly picking off little bits of LR rubble, etc. But yeah...it's pretty snazzy.
 
mike22cha

mike22cha

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I love black sand period. But live sand helps too much by keeping down nitrates for me to change. If I was setting up a whole new aggressive tank then I'd use it.
 
987654321

987654321

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I had black sand in my tank for a long time. Looked great but it was very hard to keep clean. I ended up getting rid of it in the end.
 
95harley

95harley

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I'm getting ready to put some Black Tahitain moon in my FW tank. I'm just on the fence whether to use Black, tan, or mix them.
Black darkens up your fish and brings out their color more. At least on Freshwater tanks. IMHO.
 
notsonoob

notsonoob

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I've read in a coral magazine about filling the edges along the glass with black sand to cut down algea growth against the glass.
I'm going to try that on my next tank, which in turn is black w/ black stand.
 
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azul1994

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I think black sand would look really good in an aggressive tank!
 
crimzy

crimzy

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Originally Posted by Crashbandicoot
I think it makes the tank look too dark and inturn makes the fish look dull .
I couldn't disagree more... but I may be a bit bias.



 
crashbandicoot

crashbandicoot

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Originally Posted by crimzy
I couldn't disagree more... but I may be a bit bias.


Well that is a nice tank but your ray loooks a little darker than normal . Just an observation .
What you need in there is a shark .
 
kjr_trig

kjr_trig

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Originally Posted by crimzy
I couldn't disagree more... but I may be a bit bias.

Looks awesome...Do you remember who makes your sand Crimzy? How large are the grains, is it vacuumable?
 
crimzy

crimzy

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Originally Posted by kjr_trig
Looks awesome...Do you remember who makes your sand Crimzy? How large are the grains, is it vacuumable?
Thanks. I don't remember but I will find out in the next couple of days because I have to go to the lfs where I bought it and get some food. I'll check out the bag and grain size. I don't vacuum it (not sure if it's vacuumable or not). My sand bed is pretty established and the ray keeps it stirred enough that I really just leave it alone.
 
crimzy

crimzy

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Originally Posted by Crashbandicoot
Well that is a nice tank but your ray loooks a little darker than normal . Just an observation .
What you need in there is a shark .
Thanks for the observation sherlock, (where is the appropriate smiley when I really need it).
 
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regina13

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Originally Posted by crimzy
I couldn't disagree more... but I may be a bit bias.

Wow! It looks awsome in your tank!
 
crimzy

crimzy

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Originally Posted by regina13
Wow! It looks awsome in your tank!
Thx... just so you know, the sand is 3 years old. I have never vacuumed it or cleaned it in any way. IMO the white specks, which will occur over time, do not detract from the look of the sand. If I really wanted to I could sift through the sand with a net and collect a lot of those particles.
 
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