Black sand

[speedo]

Anybody using black sand with their rays ?
Swell are selling black Limpopo sand for £29.95 -25kg
I'm not sure how it would look with rays though ?

 

[schwarzi88]

i used it a long time ago and it looked great .... i went with black sand from a local sandblasting place and i payed $15 for a 50 lb bag ....

 

[Freshwater4Life]

I personally really like it.

 

[speedo]

Wow that's looks great

 

[scott s]

The negative side of black or dark colored substrate is unless you have black and white stingrays it ruins the pattern and colors of most of the other Stingray types.

 

[Freshwater4Life]

Really ? This is my first Ray so not an expert but his colors don't seem to be affected it all compared to the pics from my buddy who had him in a bare bottom. If anything they seem brighter.

 

[spotfin]

Really ? This is my first Ray so not an expert but his colors don't seem to be affected it all compared to the pics from my buddy who had him in a bare bottom. If anything they seem brighter.

Give it some time.

 

[Freshwater4Life]

Give it some time.

Hmm. Well that's not something I wanted to hear .

 

[Zbosco13]

The negative side of black or dark colored substrate is unless you have black and white stingrays it ruins the pattern and colors of most of the other Stingray types.

I can second this. Had a huge improvement in my marble's color when I switched from black to white

 

[stingray keeper]

Really ? This is my first Ray so not an expert but his colors don't seem to be affected it all compared to the pics from my buddy who had him in a bare bottom. If anything they seem brighter.

Is yours an Orbignyi? Can't be sure from your pic but if it is you likely won't see a difference due to substrate colour but I would say marbles are very affected by the substrate colour.