Jumped on the Red Sand Bandwagon

[Experiment397]

Title says it all. Added about 50lbs of natural red sand. Have some slightly darker stuff I'm washing to mix in as well but so far I'm liking the change. The lights wash the sand out a little but they make the greens pop like crazy on the plants so it's a fair trade off. Also decided I didn't like the bacopa in my tank so am in the process of clearing it out to make room for some larger species of sword plants and Madagascan aponogeton. With the higher pressure co2 system the bacopa was just growing algae on the stalks so I'm added larger leaved plants that will in theory use more co2 since they will have more area to absorb light. Sorry I don't have more poly pics

 

[eddiegunks]

Nice. Where did you get the sand? What brand? Thx

 

[tlindsey]

View attachment 1268188 View attachment 1268189 View attachment 1268190 View attachment 1268191 View attachment 1268192 View attachment 1268193 View attachment 1268194 Title says it all. Added about 50lbs of natural red sand. Have some slightly darker stuff I'm washing to mix in as well but so far I'm liking the change. The lights wash the sand out a little but they make the greens pop like crazy on the plants so it's a fair trade off. Also decided I didn't like the bacopa in my tank so am in the process of clearing it out to make room for some larger species of sword plants and Madagascan aponogeton. With the higher pressure co2 system the bacopa was just growing algae on the stalks so I'm added larger leaved plants that will in theory use more co2 since they will have more area to absorb light. Sorry I don't have more poly pics

Yes it most definitely making the plants pop.

 

[Burbotman]

That looks really good. Still a natural tone and you get the colour enhancing benefits from it

 

[jaws7777]

I really like it man good job.

 

[Polyaddict86]

Finally

 

[Experiment397]

Yes it most definitely making the plants pop.

There's just a little bit of lighting technology to get that effect haha

1 48" satellite pro+ led
2 36" double T5-HO running a floramax and a 6500k
1 36" fugeray planted+ soon to be 2

 

[Experiment397]

Thanks guys!

Burbotman i was hoping it would stay natural looking. Going to be adding a couple of leaf litter packs from tannin aquatics soon to get back to my slightly stained water and leaf litter for the polys to forage through

Polyaddict86 i know it took me too long lol. Your tank was the one that finally pushed me over to the red sand

J jaws7777 thanks man! As always just aspiring to a setup of your standard. i think it's about time for you to join team Datnoid though

 

[Experiment397]

Nice. Where did you get the sand? What brand? Thx

Got it from some family property out in the desert. Ran it through a sifting process and washed with boiling RO water then dried in an oven to completely sterilize it.

 

[Lingwendil]

Looks good. Even better that you collected it yourself! Love a planted tank for the big guys like this, way better than a boring tank of just sand and a couple rocks and wood.