Switched to Black Sand

[meghanashley]

Last weekend I switched my tanks to black sand, and a black/ tan mix in the bigger tank. I'm liking it so far

These two pics were taken in complete darkness. So I was shooting blindly. Don't think my ornate appreciated the sudden flash of light either.





and in daylight



bigger tank





My tire track waiting for me to put the camera down and give him dinner.

 

[scorp]

Nice fish and black sand looks fine, too!

I don't like the vase though.

 

[realmonsters]

i dont know what type of black sand you are using but i have tahitian moon sand and it has caused problems due to the high amount of metal in it.... just running my algae magnet near the bottom of the tank tons of little particles stick to it.

 

[meghanashley]

Nice fish and black sand looks fine, too!

I don't like the vase though.

I made that vase all of my love/ hope/ and desires mixed with my own blood sweat and tears went into it's creation .

 

[meghanashley]

i dont know what type of black sand you are using but i have tahitian moon sand and it has caused problems due to the high amount of metal in it.... just running my algae magnet near the bottom of the tank tons of little particles stick to it.

Did you rinse it out first? When I was cleaning it, I found a lot fine black crap came out of it that was difficult to scrub clean from my tub. I haven't noticed sand particles sticking to anything since I have had it in the tank. I'm not sure what brand it is but now I would like to find out, because I don't want one my fish ingesting sand that has abnormal amounts of anything it it.

 

[Hoyo12]

Nice tanks. Can't wait until my Tire Track Eel gets that big.

 

[meghanashley]

Nice tanks. Can't wait until my Tire Track Eel gets that big.

Thanks to me he looks so small, cause my other tire track was so much bigger, this one seems to be aslo be a slower grower as well. I need a bigger tank for him soon, as well as to hopefully take back my other guy.