what sand should i get?

[PolandSpring]

im switching my tank and while im doing this im changing my sand. right now my sand is to fine and it flies around everywhere whenever i touch it.. i'm looking for a better sand that is a very nice white color, but not to fine, so it wont fly around. any suggestions?

 

[Master Shake]

pink samoa

 

[bizarrecorals]

if you're not planning on putting livestock in there for a week, you can try any sand, but if you're putting live stock in the tank soon, use carib sea live sand, dry sand would cause merkyness for about a week, I learned that the hard way.

 

[PolandSpring]

im putting in live coral and fish in the same day.. im sorta upgrading

 

[E.intheC]

nice on the upgrade. How big are you going with the next tank?

I use the aragonite reef floor sand. It's white and the grain size is a bit larger than the fine-grade. Your pumps won't stir it around a lot. You can kind of see it on my build thread but the pictures aren't really close enough.

If you're ever on ReefCentral, SunnyX has a lot of pictures and swears by the stuff.

 

[MIKE NY]

I use the aragonite reef floor sand. It's white and the grain size is a bit larger than the fine-grade. Your pumps won't stir it around a lot.

X2..special grade

 

[TRUKINGNY]

bump

 

[rickb]

I have a couple of bags of oolitic white sand, but I'm torn between that and the reef floor. Is there anywhere that carries it locally?

 

[PolandSpring]

i think im gona go with special grade reef floor sand..thanks guys

 

[Keith P]

Cant you just mix it?

 

[PolandSpring]

what about fiji pink? anyone use that?