Black Sand

[officialreefbros]

Any luck with black diamond blasting sand?
I'm looking into using the fine black diamond blasting sand for a tank I'm planning. Does anyone have experience with it? I've read about occasionally getting magnetic particles, but can it mess with your water parameters?

Would it be better to use hawaiin black? I love the look of fine black sand after seeing some volcanic beaches and want to make that in a tank. I didn't like the large grain and white in hawaiin black.

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/black-diamond-fine-blasting-abrasives

 

[i cant think]

Any luck with black diamond blasting sand?
I'm looking into using the fine black diamond blasting sand for a tank I'm planning. Does anyone have experience with it? I've read about occasionally getting magnetic particles, but can it mess with your water parameters?

Would it be better to use hawaiin black? I love the look of fine black sand after seeing some volcanic beaches and want to make that in a tank. I didn't like the large grain and white in hawaiin black.

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/black-diamond-fine-blasting-abrasives

I think it would be better to use Hawaiian black but I don’t use black sand so, I can’t really say which is better

 

[wonroc]

I second Hawaiian black. I have it

 

[Reefing102]

I’d stick with Hawaiian black. Looking at the ingredients list of “coal slag”, that is mostly silica based sand with high metal content which can cause issues

https://www.blackdiamondabrasives.com/media/1393/coal-slag-sds-rev-61.pdf

 

[Dkmoo]

If you dont want all coarse Hawaii black, you can always mix it with white for that salt and pepper look.

Mine: I don't have a frecent full tank shot but here are some coral pics saved on the phone where you see the sand and the effect:

 

[officialreefbros]

Wow your Corals look great!

I traveled to iceland earlier this year and loved their black sand beaches, where it was like normal fine sand, just back. I really want something to mirror that, but have been really struggling to find something

 

[officialreefbros]

Has anyone tried black sand #1?

Aquarium Saltwater Sand - Nature's Ocean®

Nature's Ocean® Aquarium Saltwater sand for reef tanks, fish tanks and saltwater aquariums. Ideal for culturing Live Sand and 100% from the ocean floor.

naturesocean.com

 

[MaxTremors]

My main issue with black sand is that you don’t get the buffering effect you get with aragonite/crushed coral sand.

 

[ZoWhat]

My main issue with black sand is that you don’t get the buffering effect you get with aragonite/crushed coral sand.

...it also makes your lighting look D R A B.

All reflective light gets muted. Yuke.

definitely look at someone's else tank with black substrate b4 doing it to yours.

 

[MaxTremors]

...it also makes your lighting look D R A B.

All reflective light gets muted. Yuke.

definitely look at someone's else tank with black substrate b4 doing it to yours.

Yeah, I’m not a fan of it all.