Black Sand

[tikireefer]

I was at IMAC and I saw that "Sharky's Reef" used black sand in one of his displays. I kind of liked that as it was something different and really made the colors of the corals stand out. Has anyone used black sand in a deep sand bed before and can tell me some pros and cons......maybe the best brand to buy? Thanks!

 

[RRafael]

JEEMANN99 has a black sand bed

 

[jeemann99]

Black Sand

Tiki,

If you would like to come by and see it in person just let me know. I too am in Aurora, but anyway I just took some pics for ya. It is about 4" deep and I have been running it for less than a year with no problems. I have been able to keep my chemistry levels at bay.

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Garrick
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Let me know if you want to stop by

 

[criccio]

I have black sand as well (in Aurora as well...:hmm4: ), and love it. It helps the colors to really pop. I wouldn't buy the tahitian moon stuff as it isn't that black, mainly brown. There's two places in Naperville (75th & Naper also 95th & 59) that sell jet black sand, but, the bags are small so it could get costly.

 

[hansnfrans]

The 75th and Naper Blvd. store is Pets Etc. and the 59 and 95th store is Petfun. Hope that helps a little. I seen this sand there and I believe the bags are only 5lbs or 10lbs. Pretty small. Black sand is awesome, especially with a black background on the tank. The only thing is that you need to use a lot of light to really make the colors "pop." I'm sure you got the light thing covered though, if this is for a reef tank.

 

[Edward Smith]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7422201#post7422201 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by fishfood23
JEEMANN99 has a black sand bed

Jesus, now why would you want to go and open Pandora's Box like that? Now we even have pictures. Before the days out, we'll have a photo album of his fish's baby pictures.

 

[hansnfrans]

Maybe I should do a black sand bed, it would hide my cyano problem well

 

[RRafael]

Reef Plus has a black and white sand mix that is really nice, he just got it in last week I think.

 

[jeemann99]

Fishfood - I saw that stuff I like it.... I believe it is LIVE black sand