sand

[johno27]

No she is just a marble motoro well she is WC so I guess who knows

Trev it actually looks quite light once it is covered with water. I think it would look great with black rays for sure. This is closer to actual sand color

 

[T1KARMANN]

What if I use a more coarse silica based sand. It is not super fine. The reason I want to se this is because of color and price. I need a few hundred pounds.

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what ever you think you need half it or you will just have a big hill at the back of the tank

order a few samples and go to a few LFS and bring some home and put it in water as the colour changes a lot and run your fingers throw it a lot in water and if it feels sharp in anyway forget it as if its sharp on your fingers after 10 mins think what it will be like on the rays disk 24/7

i found some sand that looked perfect and after running my fingers throw it my fingers were tinggly

you can go on just pool filter sand as they are all different

unless someone recomends a branded sand then you need to test it your self

 

[Elasmofreak]

Has anyone tried the "peace river" substrate by caribsea? It is a very fine smooth gravel. Thinking about trying this in my new setup.

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3578+9805+21412&pcatid=21412

 

[spotfin]

I tried the Caribsea sunset gold, but it was too light in color for my taste. Seemed fine for the rays (hystrix), but their color was really washed out. Switched back to the fine river gravel that I had used earlier. It was even cheaper than the gravel that Johno has because I collected it myself It is also very similar to the Caribsea Peace River.

 

[Elasmofreak]

Ok thanks.