Have u guys use these sand before?

[gabloo]

I purchased 15 bags for my 75 g. Wondering if anyone had any issue using these.

http://www.petco.com/product/111911/CaribSea-Super-Naturals-Moonlight-Sand-Premium-Aquarium-Substrate.aspx?CoreCat=OnSiteSearch

[seanyuki]

I have seen April Ross (SD sponsor here) using those sands for discus display tank in her shop.

[zchauvin]

I'm using it now and love it but 15 bags?!?!

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[gabloo]

they only see 5lb bags and i need about 75 lbs.

[zchauvin]

20 lbs covered my tank easily
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[gabloo]

Really? :O how big is ur tank?


20 lbs covered my tank easily
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[zchauvin]

75 gallon. Look heres a pic with only 20lbs http://tapatalk.com/mu/44e2be44-2ad5-6b63.jpg

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[zchauvin]

And from my phone it looks very very blurry but if your on a computer it may be better

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[Trashcore]

You really don't want a deep sand bed just enough to cover the bottom so I'd get 30 pounds better to have a little more but you could use playsand and 50lbs is 3.49 where I'm at. Takes some time to clean but would be super cheap and if you suck some up vacuuming it would be cheap to replace.

[zchauvin]

I've only got about 1/2 inch at deepest area

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[Trashcore]

I'd recomend about an inch It helps to create a not so flat look.

[Darrell Ward]

Sand is sand, as long as it's not aragonite. I'm way too cheap to spend $20 plus for a 20 lb. bag of sand. Sand sold for aquarium use is a rip off, plain and simple. I just use pool filter sand at eight bucks for 50 lbs. Costs more then play sand, but is also much cleaner.

[Darrell Ward]

I'd recomend about an inch It helps to create a not so flat look.

With sand, no matter what, it's still gonna flatten out in a fairly short period of time.

[zchauvin]

Sand is sand, as long as it's not aragonite. I'm way too cheap to spend $20 plus for a 20 lb. bag of sand. Sand sold for aquarium use is a rip off, plain and simple. I just use pool filter sand at eight bucks for 50 lbs. Costs more then play sand, but is also much cleaner.

7.99 for 20lbs :)

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[gabloo]

From where i live, they only carry ivory color play sand. I have been using that sand on all of my other aquarium but wanted to make it special for my wild. That why i paid 1/lb.

[x2h]

pool filter sand is what i use. haven't tried other sand so can't tell much. :-)

[strawberryblonde]

I used a little over 20lbs of the caribsea for my 115g tank. It was about a half inch deep, so 40 pounds would have given me an inch of substrate. My tank dimensions are 48"x18". So adjust the amount you put in your tank to only reach one inch in height. I think 15 bags is too much, but you can always use the extra to fill in should you end up siphoning some out as you vacuum (I did that a LOT..lol)

I just got rid of my sand because with 9 growing, hungry discus it was just too much work to keep the sand looking clean and to not suck it all up while I stood there carefully hovering the siphon tube over the sand...blech.

Much easier to just suck the poop and food bits right off the glass bottom. Done in 5 minutes! I do think the sand substrate looks awesome though and I'll add it back later on when my discus are adults and not eating so much and so often.

[TURQ64]

Back to my double standards, but I think comfort requirements are different between wild Discus and domestic discus....especially in matters of food and substrate, and age of fish....

[3dees]

I use Carib-Sea in my wild tank. yes it's expensive, but I would'nt trade it for any other. this sand will not cloud the water no matter what. I usually vacuum about 1/2 lb. with every wc using a python. I have a bucket under the faucet. when I'm done I just dump the sand back in. the way my discus kick up the sand this stuff is worth every penny. it's pricey, but it's not like your buying it every week.

[zchauvin]

I use Carib-Sea in my wild tank. yes it's expensive, but I would'nt trade it for any other. this sand will not cloud the water no matter what. I usually vacuum about 1/2 lb. with every wc using a python. I have a bucket under the faucet. when I'm done I just dump the sand back in. the way my discus kick up the sand this stuff is worth every penny. it's pricey, but it's not like your buying it every week.

+1 we spend hundreds for fish so why not 3$ more for sand

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