List of acceptable sand substrates?

[downset21]

can somebody compile a list of acceptable brands of sand substrate for stingrays?

 

[streaker442]

estes

 

[Honda12]

Qickecrete playsand.

 

[downset21]

I would prefer a black sand, is that estes black sand ok?

 

[Honda12]

I have heard that black tahitian moon sand is bad for rays many a time. But I picked up 3 captive bred retics pups and the breeder has that sand in his rays tanks.

His rays have been on that for like 5 years and no problems. The paren'ts were all over the glass and had not one red mark, and they are breeding on it so it must not be as bad as they say.

He even had the pups on that sand and they had pink bellys cause they were only a few days old, but no red marks or cuts what so ever.

 

[fishguy306]

pool filter sand
smooth pebbles

 

[Deathcurl]

I've used estes black sand in the past. Only fault that i've found is that the rays kick it up into the filters. Wore out the impeller shafts in a couple of my Aquaclears. I use smooth gravel now.

 

[downset21]

does the estes black sand raise the PH?

 

[Deathcurl]

I never had it raise my ph, but the buffering capacity of my water here is low here to begin with. I would have been happy if it did, hehehe.

 

[downset21]

I ordered two 30lb. bags of black estes sand. they were about $13 each.