After almost a year of Silica sand, I'm done with it. It looks nice when its maintained, but it takes a lot of work. The grain size is very small and its blown around very easily. This also means that detritus is covered when the sand is blown over it making pockets of hydrogen sulfide a real possibility. I gravel vac once a week, and every 3-4 days I have to push the sand back in place because the flow from my canister outflows create bare spots. I also believe after reading this article -(http://www.oscarfish.com/article-home/water/82-diatoms.html) that the silica sand is a constant source for diatom algae... which I dispise.
So I am looking for a sand, or something small grained. I was on the caribsea website earlier and they've got some nice stuff, but a lot of it isn't carried any more or its discontinued. It also doesn't state composition so I don't know if its silica based or not. I remember reading about 3m colorquartz... anyon ever tried this?
http://www.hovertrowel.com/aggregates.html
I need some feedback. Gimme pics, your experiences, grain size, composition, the works... :lthumb:
So I am looking for a sand, or something small grained. I was on the caribsea website earlier and they've got some nice stuff, but a lot of it isn't carried any more or its discontinued. It also doesn't state composition so I don't know if its silica based or not. I remember reading about 3m colorquartz... anyon ever tried this?
http://www.hovertrowel.com/aggregates.html
I need some feedback. Gimme pics, your experiences, grain size, composition, the works... :lthumb:
