Seachem Gray Coast substrate

[Nolbi-Wan]

anyone have any exprience with this? i want to use a black/dark substrate for new aquapod and was wondering if anyone has any opinions on the Seachem Gray Coast. Also if anyone has seen it locally let me know. thanks

http://www.seachem.com/products/product_pages/GrayCoast.html

 

[Kinetic]

looks like ash to me =P a bit tacky in my opinion. i would go for the tahitian moon sand. sure it's silica, but it won't harm the reef. it's not like you could really depend on aragonite to buffer your tank anyway.

if you wanna go dark, i'd recommend the tahitian. in fact, if you want to buy my bag (half full) i'll give you a good price =)

 

[Nolbi-Wan]

would the tahitian be harmful to sand sifting gobies or shrimp?

 

[Kinetic]

probably not to gobies, and definately not for shrimp (why would it?)

if you really want super goby safe sand, go for the suger sized aragonite from carib sea or the oolitic sand. that's not black though =/

 

[Nolbi-Wan]

yea ive always used the regular aragonite before in my reefs and i want to try black sand. Ive seen others who have used it and i really like the way it looks.

ruffly how many pounds do you have and where are you located? its for my aquapod12 and wouldnt want anything more than 1inch sand bed.

 

[jedininja]

I think the tahitian is a bit too big and sharp for sand sifters.

 

[Qwiv]

I have another 1/2 bag too.

 

[Kinetic]

i have plenty for a 1" area in an aquapod 12. in fact i have a "cycled" bunch of sand as well that can seed yours.

i'm located in albany, ca

 

[GreshamH]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8655387#post8655387 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Nolbi-Wan
would the tahitian be harmful to sand sifting gobies or shrimp?

Too sharp, like Jedi said.

 

[Nolbi-Wan]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8657835#post8657835 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by GreshamH
Too sharp, like Jedi said.

then its settled..white aragonite it is..haha