Changing sand? (black)

[nc2tarheels]

I'm thinking of going to black sand. The sand that is in my 12g was in my old 55 so it's about 3 yrs old. (only been in the nano for about 7-8 monthes). Anyone ever done this? Is this a good thing since my sand now is very beneficial? Or is this gonna be a nightmare?

 

[rockindacheeks]

black sand is hard to keep clean. LR chips off and any left over white sand will really show up.

 

[Illuminati]

I thought if you disturbed the sandbed to much it would lead to a system crash. Might want to ask around and see if that's the case.

 

[Gundo5000]

I wouldn't do it. Like said, black sand doesn't stay clean for long.

Soo it becomes salt and pepper sand

 

[nc2tarheels]

white sand doesn't stay "white" either.

 

[HartfordWhalers]

if you have had good clean sand in the past in the tank i don't see why it would be bd to change just makesure you get as much white sand out as possible

 

[fishes2889]

i dont like black sand...... lol

Steve

 

[nc2tarheels]

^i used to not like it either. It's grown on me. Plus I haven't seen a nano with it.

 

[kiknchikn]

I chose Indo-pacific sand that was white sand with chunks of black sand in it... it is quite nice looking and you can't see detritus on it as easily. Plus coralline has started to grow on the black chunks, so they have purple tint to them. Kind of neat looking.

 

[nc2tarheels]

u have pix????

 

[kiknchikn]

Here is what it looked like after adding it to the tank and letting it settle:


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Here are some pics that show it now up close.. couldn't find any with coralline in the pic though:


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[july865]

plenty of people use black sand. run a search for "bsb". it does make your coral 'POP' with the contrasting back ground.
i am still highly considering it. but i am still building my nano system. have all the pieces, just not the sand bed yet...it sure does look tempting though..