Possible garnet sand??

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
I'm sure u will make some kind if unresistable offer with it lol
framcosco said:
I use 16/24 sandblasting garnet..... not too course & not too fine......garnet comes in all shades. reddish to purple-ish to black-ish..... it all works well..... I might just buy a ton and sell it to you guys by the cup!!! Bwahahahaha!!
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Well I got my 5 cup sample order in from the tacomacompany.com

The sand is really a good size. #16 seems perfect. It is very heavy and sinks quickly and deos not stir up. Impressed with how clean this stuff was. It required a very light rinse. It is very purple looking. Looks very fake to me so I am not going to switch over. It is also so heavy that mixing it with my current peace river is also out of the question. The garnet sinks to the bottom and the peace river sits on top.

This is what it looks like after rinse:
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this was an attempt to mix it and some just sprinkled on the surface. Very purple....

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yea purple....wonder how the polys will react to it.
 
I'll take some pics but yes it does change with different lighting. I know that at least from what I've seen some from tanks in Asia the purplish coloration does wonders for polys. Not too purple, but a tint of it. I'll take some pics of my different colored garnet sand later.
 
Askaleymanfish said:
Dr b said the type of lighting u use will change the color
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The test tank is my 75g QT and I am stuck with the light output the way it is. It has a Finnex stingray fixture on it. My 210g has the Current Satellite + where I can change the hue. So that might be interesting to see what it would take to not make it so purple.

For me my tank is based around my cichlids on the upper areas of the tank, primarily my pearsei. I want a realistic looking environment and this purple substrate just isnt doing it for me. If I was going all poly then I might consider it.
 
I also have a current USA LED. From what I've seen I can't draw nearly the same purplish look from it as I can from the national geographic LED from petsmart
 
Dr.B said:
Hey send me a PM I think I can get you a way better deal for more.
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Sorry to hijack your thread Askaleymanfish

So Dr b gave me the info to his contact was what I was thinking about until it came to shipping... anyways dude gave me a guys email here and I got ahold of him and he sent me this
Some kind of placer
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Some other placer
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Garnet it's more red/amber
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It's right out of the mine apparently most us garnet comes from here. The purple/red stuff is from india. It comes as is I can shift it into whatever mesh size.
 
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Look like it might bring out some color on the polys for sure. Not sure how red/Amber it needs to be. Wonder if this is enough?!
 
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