CaribSea Super Naturals sand too fine

[aiq25]

Hi. I recently setup a 50 gallon tank (36" x 18" base) and I put in CaribSea Super Naturals sand. The problem is no matter what type of circulation pump I put in there, the sand blows all over the tank. The only circulation pump that seem to work are below 500GPH. I'm trying to use a WP-25 on it's lowest setting and that is too much flow.

What other sand can I put in there? I would like to have a sand shifting goby some day, that's why I went with sand. I was thinking of trying CaribSea Aragonite but is that too coarse a goby?

 

[kmbyrnes]

I have it in one of my tanks. I wouldn't do it again, but I am not changing it out either.
The super naturals IS super fine. It looks nice but can stay suspended in the water column for a long time. After about 4 months the bio film builds up on it an it will fall out of suspension quickly. Now it has the clearest water of all my tanks.
I'm using an RW-8 in a 6' 125 and it seems top be working out OK now. But it looked like a blizzard for a few months.
Hang in there.

 

[Pigpen17]

I have Fiji Pink in my tank, and I had the same problem at first. It did stop though and I was able to add more flow after a few months. Maybe 6 months.

 

[thegrun]

The CaribSea Special Grade Reef sand would be fine for the Goby. It's the sand a lot of us with high flow tanks use.

 

[detectorjoe]

I just had the same issue and removed as much fine sand as I could and put down caribsea west carribean. No issue now