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Binge Binge that gold dust looks amazing on the black. And I agree, I like my sen on the darker sand. When I got her she was very light colored, but has started to show a lot of detail and spots along her finlets since being put on the brownish sand I have

Her after a couple weeks on my darker sand. Her head especially is looking awesome, looked nothing like that when I got her
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Vancouver_98683 said:
I like it. what type of sand is it.
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Estes permacolor quartz, the Super trowelrite stuff. I had to find a distributor in my area. Note to anyone trying to get it, make sure you check out their samples because most sizes are so fine they'll float on water. The company I bought from was cool about it, they let me fill a Styrofoam cup with water and try out all the samples for color ans buoyancy haha

For the record it runs about $28 bucks per 50lbs bag, so definitely reasonable when weighed against lfs prices
 
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Couldnt find any distributers for estes around me so I just went with black diamond blasting sand. I am happy with it. so far and it holds my plants realy well.
 
ShanerBock888 said:
Binge Binge that gold dust looks amazing on the black. And I agree, I like my sen on the darker sand. When I got her she was very light colored, but has started to show a lot of detail and spots along her finlets since being put on the brownish sand I have

Her after a couple weeks on my darker sand. Her head especially is looking awesome, looked nothing like that when I got her
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Thanks I agree the gold dust is stunning just wish I got to see him more he came out last night at feeding time at least usually he will not come out till night and the blue light does not do him justice.
 
ShanerBock888 ShanerBock888 , I just ordered a bag of the black 'sand' from Amazon that I had posted. This stuff: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005TNF74W/ref=od_aui_detailpages00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Peace river is Grain size 1.0 - 2.0mm
African Cichlid Substrates Rift Lake Sand is Grain size: 1.7 - 2.5mm

I should get it in on Wednesday this week and I will see if I will mix it in or use it in my puffer's tank.
 
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ShanerBock888 ShanerBock888 , I just ordered a bag of the black 'sand' from Amazon that I had posted. This stuff: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005TNF74W/ref=od_aui_detailpages00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Peace river is Grain size 1.0 - 2.0mm
African Cichlid Substrates Rift Lake Sand is Grain size: 1.7 - 2.5mm

I should get it in on Wednesday this week and I will see if I will mix it in or use it in my puffer's tank.
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Nice how much did it cost on shipping?
 
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