Carib Sea Super Natural - Tropic Isle Marine Sand Fresh or Saltwater 20 lb

I had gravel as many fish owners started with. But, I went sand and I will never go back. Especially with THIS sand! It's so beautiful and fine, my fish love it and even though it is a very 'dusty' sand if you rinse it off first, it's perfect. It's so easy to clean. My loaches, guppies, and betas adore it. Not to mention Xmas moss and java moss LOOOOOVE it. Hornwort works well in it, too.

However, with every pro there is a con.

It's sand. Twenty pounds of sand that you are playing 17 dollars for when you can buy a very high quality sand like this in the pool section of your local store. I think it's way too high priced!

We wanted a bright white sand for our new aquarium and decided to go with this one. I'm so glad we did! It's very fine, and a beautiful white color. Since it is so fine, I was worried that it might stir up easily, but it's been perfect in our aquarium. We have a 15 gallon tank, about one foot square, so the 20 lbs gave us 2-3 inches of sand on the bottom. I think if you've got a more traditional shaped tank you'll need more than one bag.

One thing to keep in mind is that the sand won't be as white once it's wet. I was dissapointed when I rinsed it and it turned to a light cream color. It's not a flaw in the sand, I just didn't think about how sand changes color when wet, so I wanted to toss it in for people to keep in mind. With the light on in the tank, this sand still looks white, much whiter than any sand that we could have bought at a local store.

It's a little pricey, but we're going to look at the tank every day. The extra cost was worth it to love how the aquarium looks!

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