Black and red sand?

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freshfishin727

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I have black sand in my tank now, everyone tells me my polys will show the best contrast if I use red substrate, we'll all red sand is super bright and don't know if I'll get used to it. So here's my question what If I mixed red sand into my black sand keep adding red until I think it's enough, anyone seen this before? Pics?
 
People have done it before and liked it, but personally I don't like it. It didn't look very good and didn't make too much of a difference. I prefer using garnet sand. It's not a vibrant red that would make the tank look like a novelty toy, and it make just about every Polys look nice on it. If you do decide to go red and black, I would probably do something like 60/40 for 70/30 with there being more red.
 
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Dr.B said:
People have done it before and liked it, but personally I don't like it. It didn't look very good and didn't make too much of a difference. I prefer using garnet sand. It's not a vibrant red that would make the tank look like a novelty toy, and it make just about every Polys look nice on it. If you do decide to go red and black, I would probably do something like 60/40 for 70/30 with there being more red.
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+1 And If you do see really red garnet like in Japanese tanks and stuff. It's mainly because they have pink lights on which enhances that redness.
 
I'd suggest what Dr.B stated above. That is if you don't want to remove the current black sand.
 
Aesthetically for the overall tank look. I like the caribesea natural Peace River rock or the floramax. Your post reminded me to add more of this floramax to my red gravel. So, I'm doing that tonight. Personally, I switched back to the red and sticking with the red/floramax look, because the inclusion of red naturally intensifies their markings.
 
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Vancouver_98683 said:
Aesthetically for the overall tank look. I like the caribesea natural Peace River rock or the floramax. Your post reminded me to add more of this floramax to my red gravel. So, I'm doing that tonight. Personally, I switched back to the red and sticking with the red/floramax look, because the inclusion of red naturally intensifies their markings.
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+1 on the peace river rock, but like dr.b stated if you can find red garnet that will be nice.
 
Thanks everyone for your replies, i am very interested in doing all garnet, or doing a 70r/30b ratio sand mixture , and as far as the peace river rock it's not fine enough for my liking, i don't like any substrate that is corse enough for fish waste and food to fall into and hide. Sand or barebottom.
 
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