mixing sand

[peathenster]

I have a tank with black sand (Tahitian Moon) and it seems a little too dark. I've been thinking about mixing in some good old pool filter sand. But of course if I do it, there will be no turning back.

I've seen it in Sean's tank and it looked really good. I was wondering if anybody else can share some pictures?

Thanks in advance

 

[VRWC]

Hey Peter...I have been mixing the 2 for several yrs now for the exact same reason. I think this mixture is 4 20lb bags tahitian, 2 50 lb bags of PFS.

The RTM pic is from around 2008 and the other 2 are from last month. It hasnt lost any of its color in that time period.

 

[peathenster]

Thanks buddy! Missed this and thought nobody replied

The color looks great. I guess more pfs is the key.

 

[VRWC]

No worries man. Im thinking of adding 1 more bag of black to get it just a bit darker for when I move the istlanum to the 75 and the bichirs to the 265 in a few months.

 

[Aquanero]

I don't have any good substrate pics but I have been mixing them as well for a while now and love it. I have a little more PFS in my tanks I really like the look of the two together.

 

[peathenster]

Cool. Just wanted to make sure first. It'd be awfully hard to unmix them

 

[MonteSS]

Here is black and PFS mixed.

...Bill

 

[peathenster]

Here is black and PFS mixed.



...Bill

wow, that looks great Bill! Thanks for sharing

 

[Nemesis]

I used a bunch of $4 5lb bags of "reef sand" from petland in black and white, using 2 black/1 white. I really like how it turned out. I like it better than pfs for my geos, because it's alot less coarse. Here's the sand I used http://www.bigalsonline.com/edealin...medium=Comparison+Shopping&CAWELAID=511401101

 

[peathenster]

I used a bunch of $4 5lb bags of "reef sand" from petland in black and white, using 2 black/1 white. I really like how it turned out. I like it better than pfs for my geos, because it's alot less coarse. Here's the sand I used http://www.bigalsonline.com/edealin...medium=Comparison+Shopping&CAWELAID=511401101

I like the clean look!

Heard about Estes before but never tried it. Does it change pH?