Sand??

paja4 · 08/30/2018, 10:11 AM

What's everyone using for sand in their tanks nowadays? The last time I set up a new tank it was Southdown. Just curious, as I just placed an order for a 120 and other odds and ends.

der_wille_zur_macht · 08/30/2018, 12:55 PM

Tropic Marin reef flakes. My new favorite after using other brands for decades. It's a nice white color, and doesn't need nearly as much rinsing as other brands. The product line is available in a range of sizes from crushed coral-sized sand down to super fine sand. I wouldn't use anything else now that I've tried this.

mcgyvr · 08/30/2018, 01:08 PM

Many (including myself) are using Carib Sea Special Grade Reef Sand..
Large enough that it doesn't blow around too much from powerheads (once it gets a bit of a bacterial slime on it) but plenty small for sand sifting creatures..

Tropical Eden sand is really nice too.. Just a tad tougher to find.. (less distribution)..

I always just use dry sand now.. The "live" stuff IMO has more dead in it than live due to it sitting on warehouse shelves,etc...

Rover88 · 08/30/2018, 01:09 PM

+1 for carib sea special grade reef sand.

My jawfish loves it, my wrasse lunges into it no issues.

der_wille_zur_macht · 08/30/2018, 01:16 PM

I like the Carib sea sand too. I've used it in the last several tanks prior to discovering the Tropic Marin sand. If it's easier to find than the Tropic Marin sand I would use it.

Ccoffel81 · 09/02/2018, 03:17 PM

love it black makes everything pop!

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Ccoffel81 · 09/02/2018, 03:18 PM

It has a Best Buy date on it so you know if it’s bad.

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K9wando · 09/02/2018, 03:23 PM

Does anyone know what type of coral this is?

Ccoffel81 · 09/02/2018, 09:25 PM

Looks like rock anemone to me

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reefteaser · 09/03/2018, 06:57 AM

I’ve used the special grade also, but when I replaced the substrate on my 115 gal mixed reef I decided to try Reefflakes. Great stuff, and did not blow around my tank as I feared. Yes it’s clean, but I still had to wash it throughly before use, and it took a day to clear up. I bought 3 bags on line at a discount, but really only needed 2. I might add to my 30gal office tank, currently bear bottom.

Lavoisier · 09/03/2018, 07:40 AM

Has anyone tried Marco Rocks Bahama Aragonite Sand?

08/30/2018, 10:11 AM	#1
paja4 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 75	Sand?? What's everyone using for sand in their tanks nowadays? The last time I set up a new tank it was Southdown. Just curious, as I just placed an order for a 120 and other odds and ends. __________________ 120G peninsula in the works! Stay tuned for lots of pics. Current Tank Info: 12 Gallon Kitchen Nano

08/30/2018, 12:55 PM	#2
der_wille_zur_macht Team RC Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NY Posts: 17,749	Tropic Marin reef flakes. My new favorite after using other brands for decades. It's a nice white color, and doesn't need nearly as much rinsing as other brands. The product line is available in a range of sizes from crushed coral-sized sand down to super fine sand. I wouldn't use anything else now that I've tried this. __________________ Inconveniencing marine life since 1992 "It is my personal belief that reef aquaria should be thriving communities of biodiversity, representative of their wild counterparts, and not merely collections of pretty specimens growing on tidy clean rock shelves covered in purple coralline algae." (Eric Borneman)

08/30/2018, 01:08 PM	#3
mcgyvr Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 20,050	Many (including myself) are using Carib Sea Special Grade Reef Sand.. Large enough that it doesn't blow around too much from powerheads (once it gets a bit of a bacterial slime on it) but plenty small for sand sifting creatures.. Tropical Eden sand is really nice too.. Just a tad tougher to find.. (less distribution).. I always just use dry sand now.. The "live" stuff IMO has more dead in it than live due to it sitting on warehouse shelves,etc... __________________ Who me?

08/30/2018, 01:16 PM	#5
der_wille_zur_macht Team RC Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NY Posts: 17,749	I like the Carib sea sand too. I've used it in the last several tanks prior to discovering the Tropic Marin sand. If it's easier to find than the Tropic Marin sand I would use it. __________________ Inconveniencing marine life since 1992 "It is my personal belief that reef aquaria should be thriving communities of biodiversity, representative of their wild counterparts, and not merely collections of pretty specimens growing on tidy clean rock shelves covered in purple coralline algae." (Eric Borneman)

09/03/2018, 07:40 AM	#11
Lavoisier Premium Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Overland Park, KS Posts: 1,030	Has anyone tried Marco Rocks Bahama Aragonite Sand? __________________ "...for it is not necessary that these hypotheses should be true, or even probably; but it is enough if they provide a calculus which fits the observations..."--Introduction (attributed to Andrew Osiander) to On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Sphere by Nicolaus Copernicus. Current Tank Info: 600g DT, 140g sump, 200g Cryptic, 90g Refugium, 3-400w MH, 2 Reeflo Barracudas, and 3 MP60s

08/30/2018, 01:09 PM	#4
Rover88 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 590	+1 for carib sea special grade reef sand. My jawfish loves it, my wrasse lunges into it no issues.

09/02/2018, 03:17 PM	#6
Ccoffel81 Registered Member Join Date: May 2016 Location: So. Ill. Posts: 90	love it black makes everything pop! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

09/02/2018, 03:18 PM	#7
Ccoffel81 Registered Member Join Date: May 2016 Location: So. Ill. Posts: 90	It has a Best Buy date on it so you know if it’s bad. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

09/02/2018, 09:25 PM	#9
Ccoffel81 Registered Member Join Date: May 2016 Location: So. Ill. Posts: 90	Looks like rock anemone to me Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

09/03/2018, 06:57 AM	#10
reefteaser Convince'em or confuse'em Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: S FL Posts: 341	I’ve used the special grade also, but when I replaced the substrate on my 115 gal mixed reef I decided to try Reefflakes. Great stuff, and did not blow around my tank as I feared. Yes it’s clean, but I still had to wash it throughly before use, and it took a day to clear up. I bought 3 bags on line at a discount, but really only needed 2. I might add to my 30gal office tank, currently bear bottom.