petco black aquarium sand?

[eklikewhoa]

Anyone here used the stuff?

Looking for a black sand that is a bit coarser than your black beauty blasting sand. Need something with the grit size of some crushed coral sand.

http://www.petco.com/product/115883/Petco-Black-Aquarium-Sand.aspx

[jsbaker]

I have it in a saltwater tank, it's decent and doesn't get blown around too much.

[eklikewhoa]

Thanks that's what I like to hear.

Gonna use it in my fw tank but the flow in there is extreme and the fish tend to kick it up a lot.

[mistahoo]

Re: petco black aquarium sand?

Would this be as coarse as Estes sand? Or is it coarser?

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[eklikewhoa]

similar

[jsbaker]

Oh it does blow around, just not too much. I have a Koralia nano 240 at one end and an evolution 750 at the other both aimed at the front of the tank and it blows around a little between the live rock.

[eklikewhoa]

Oh it does blow around, just not too much. I have a Koralia nano 240 at one end and an evolution 750 at the other both aimed at the front of the tank and it blows around a little between the live rock.

Size of tank?

From the pictures it looks like a larger grit size in comparison to PFS, correct?

[mistahoo]

Oh it does blow around, just not too much. I have a Koralia nano 240 at one end and an evolution 750 at the other both aimed at the front of the tank and it blows around a little between the live rock.

In what size tank?

[madehtsobi]

doesnt the black beauty blasting come in different sizes??

[eklikewhoa]

have no idea, remember reading something about that but without seeing the difference I wouldn't know. Can't be too coarse and sharp though as I have soft stomach bottom dwellers.

[madehtsobi]

i remember when i got some they had different sizes but then it might be too coarse for the softies...

spray crush coral with krylon?

[mistahoo]

Re: petco black aquarium sand?

When I bought the black diamond they had two grit sizes. 20-40 and 30-60 with 30-60 being finer. I can't remember if I bought the 20-40 or the 30-60.

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[jsbaker]

It's a 55 gallon and I have a couple inches of it in the tank. It is larger and coarser than PFS. It's very similar to the Carib-Sea Hawaiian black sand that I have in another tank. It does seem to be a heavier sand as when it gets kicked up it doesn't blow around it just falls right back down but it may be too coarse for what you are needing.

[eklikewhoa]

could you take a picture of it in your tank with something there to use to compare?

[ronin07x]

Re: petco black aquarium sand?

Check out fish ranch. I just had him order me 50lbs for $20. Its not a super fine sand. Like a coarse black sand.

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