Just made the switch, gravel to black sand, pics

[Dmaan.]

a friend of mine has black sand in his 230 gallon.
his tank looks like "god's backyard"

 

[Fishin101]

Nice....

 

[koop171]

MAN OH MAN that looks great I am doing a black sand tank but I could NOT find 3M ANYWHERE so I had to buy estes black sand at almost $1 a lb and I bought over 100lbs

 

[bodega style]

Yo update ur black sand tank already it dosent look like that anymore.

 

[xuethao]

hey just wondering snice u have black sand would it be very hard to clean it??

 

[nyinfamous2k2]

hey just wondering snice u have black sand would it be very hard to clean it??

Nooo not at all actually you can see the crap on the sand really good , I find myself doing spot cleaning alot takes two sec, just put the sifen hose (spelled totally wrong) in and start the water flow then plug up the hose with ur finger now u can go around the tank where theres alot of crap and just do a quick suck ( no homo ) . i dont even fill a half of bucket and it leaves my sand completely clean. I love sand I will never go back to gravel , just make sure you get a nice heavyer sand. Play sand and light sand is no good. and wash it real good before you put it in. and dont forget when your doing water changes to stur up the sand a bit to release bubbles that for under the sand and unplug ur filters when moving it around just to be safe. good luck

 

[HaleMoana]

Two thumbs up... looks great!!

 

[wattle.lad]

i also have black sand in my african cichlid tank with a black plastic background on the back, and ever since i had the black sand instead of white gravel i have noticed the fish love it alot more for breeding and it brings out the colours exellently in your fish

 

[hmoobvwj]

Nice change! This is why I love black substrate sooooo much!

 

[malawi mayhem]

Very nice look.... Hmmmmm....

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