Sand colors/pictures?

[glarior]

Just got rid of my old sand and want something new. What other color sands are out there and how do they look in a reef setup. I had the Fiji pink sand. Show some pics if you have them.


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[Scutterborn]

I've got the Caribsea sea floor special. It's fantastic.
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[glarior]

The blue lights on the sand looks cool!

[Scutterborn]

Yeah. The pic is a little deceptive because I'm used my iPhone. I'll see if one of the fancy apps has a white balance adjustment. It's not really quite that blue in person.

[glarior]

Anyone have that black sand or very white sand?

[Roo&Lis]

I had the black sand. It had iron in it and stuck to my Magfloat and scratched the heck of my tank. I could never fully get it off the magnet either.

[glarior]

That made me cringe... nails on a board....

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[allan]

I had black sand... Same issues.


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[glarior]

So black is out.... what about the whitest white?

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[Big_Pun]

no black sand is an option the one they used was prob not for marine tanks. Elegant Reef carries one that ive been using on my nanos for over a year and it doesnt stick to magnets. petco also carries, the prob is it only comes in small bags so its pricey on big reefs. i use the 30lb bags of special reef grade, its great as its not too fine but fine enough for wrasses.

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=16765

[allan]

Be sure you get that brand that Chris is talking about, I got six bags of marine "live sand" and every time I got close to the sand bed I would pick up "sand" with the glass magnet and if my k4 would pop out the impeller, I'd spend a lot of time pulling the metal pieces from the shaft magnet.


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[kkiel02]

I had argasnow and loved it for a sugar fine sand. It didnt stir up like others. Now I switched to the 30 lb bag from elegant. I forget what it's called but its a little courser. My wife likes it more though so that's good. :)

[Big_Pun]

I had argasnow and loved it for a sugar fine sand. It didnt stir up like others. Now I switched to the 30 lb bag from elegant. I forget what it's called but its a little courser. My wife likes it more though so that's good. :)

special reef grade

[kkiel02]

Yep