crushed garnet sand? too coarse?

[Mount_Prion]

So this post has been up in the vendor section recently, where MrWinkle has been hooking MFK members up with crushed garnet sand. I was wondering if this stuff would be too coarse for rays.

Think it'd really make the ocher colors in them pop.

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?509766-CRUSHED-GARNET-SAND

So far showcase gars says he thinks it'd be fine, but was hoping to get a few opinions. The sand is supposed to be fairly smooth and not sharp and not bad for fish digestion.

As always, thanks!

 

[Gar88]

Depends on the grade u would opt for. The ones which Mr. Winkle used is pretty fine IMO. It should work. You bet the colors gonna pop


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[Mount_Prion]

Depends on the grade u would opt for. The ones which Mr. Winkle used is pretty fine IMO. It should work. You bet the colors gonna pop


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Oh man, I hope you're right. I'm disproportionally excited about this. I mean, it's sand. But I'm pumped!

 

[Gar88]

Hahaha I hear ya bro.... I was excited myself to find red garnet
The ones Rodney used were 30/40 grade if I'm not mistaken. That is pretty fine which will give a light hue as seen in his pics. This grade is advisable as it is finer. The ones I'm using are 12/25grade. I haven't faced any issues with these an my polys. They are all uniformly sized and have a darker hue due to their grain size.
I am planning on getting some Motoros myself sometime later. I will be housing them in the garnet tank


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[strollo22]

If he's got polypterus in there with it I'd say it would be fine

 

[Mount_Prion]

If he's got polypterus in there with it I'd say it would be fine

Sweet. Rays are a bit softer than pollys though, no? I mean they at least appear/feel like it.

 

[Gar88]

Like I said.... The ones Rodney have is as good as any fine sand . Talking about the CGS. The MOHAWK grade I'm not sure. If they are both of the same mesh size then you have nothing to worry about. Cheers


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[Cellitti]

that substrate looks bad ***. if i wasn't moving soon it would be in my tank with ray and pollys. after the move you bet thats what i'm going with