I have been scouring the internet for red or garnet sand for my bichirs and eels.I haven't been able to find it and I wanted to help bring out my bichirs colors by switching my substrate from white sand to either red,black or brown sand.What is also a good 'size or grit' of sand for bichirs?
Where can i find garnet sand?
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Search barton garnet sand, they have a website and you can call them to see if they supply your area.
or you can look around in yelp for sand blasting, usually garnet sand are used for sand blasting.
Cheers,also what size grit is your sand that you have in your tank with your bichirs?
I forgot the size but i believed its 30/40 grit. If you go higher the grit the sand looks more powder, i remember the 100 is thin like powder.
Any grit above 40 will be too fine. They'll stick to your polys slime coat. You'll see more get sucked into your filter intakes. Therefore, a chance of ruining your impellar. Garnet Sand is heavy enough to stay down while vacuuming.
What U.S. state or country are u in? Sandblasting and abrasive companies will carry garnet.
What U.S. state or country are u in? Sandblasting and abrasive companies will carry garnet.
I am in Texas right now.
Texas is a large state. Maybe this abrasive network will have the brand Barton. Which is a red garnet. From their web site. It looks like they carry the emerald creek Idaho purple garnet. I'm using the 36 grit.
http://clemtex.com/contactus/
where in Texas are you? I'm in DallasI am in Texas right now.
