black sand.

[jay0705]

Hey guys. My qt has become a home for misbehaved and troubled fish lol so I got a new tank for them and iam thinking of useing black sand for a change of pace. My other tanks have white/ light colored sand. My question is this, the black is more coarse then the sand I normally use. Will the coarseness of it be an issue for the fish?

 

[beaslbob]

in a word no.
plenty of fish live in black sand environments.
my .02
ps along as it is normal black sand and not something like crushed coal. (actual incident reported in a FW tank years and years ago. Tank turned very very dark black)

 

[jay0705]

Lol yikes lol no its black sand. All I can find it in is live black. Thank u sir

 

[tthemadd1]

Black sand? Sounds like they used activated carbon. LOL. That would turn the tank to an inky black as well as look like crushed coral. Ouch. That's a mistake I wouldn't want to share.

 

[jay0705]

Lol hell no. I went w the black, waiting for salinity to get up b4 I add it. looks good in the bag tho lol