so im setting up the 55g and i cant decide black or white live sand... i have my 30 now with black but idk if its time for a change... what does everybody think
I do not have any good pics I was just looking and most pics I have look bad. Would take one tonight but lights about to go out. I like the look cause you can still see if the sand is getting dirty but it is not as blinding bright as just plain white sand
I use white because of composition and because white is more reflective. Also, living in Arizona I've learned that things that are black, tend to retain heat.
mine is a mix of both, I inherited the tank, sand and rock, but I think I would do the same again. I like that its not super bright white but I can still see if something is wrong in my sand bed.
I've seen several tanks with a mix, I actually quite like it. In the ones I've seen the black sand seems to be made of larger pieces and the white more fine.
yeah, that's how mine is. the bigger black bits look kinda like bits of volcanic rock. and its easy to see pods and scuds against the black. like tcamos said, its all about personal preference.
yeah im really interested in this mixing.. i hope somebody can post a pic up. im going to get my stuff this week so i have a couple days to make the decicion. and yeha the black and white livesand they sell here both have the larger pieces unless i went with livessand in black and just plain sand in white. but anyways if somebody could get a pic i would really appreciate it
both are from when the tank was about two months old so its built up a lot more now but you can get the point.. its nice it definitely makes colors stang out more but ive jsut been wondering what white is all about haha
yeah, black sand is the arag-alive stuff by caribseas. The sell both black sand and the mixed white sand. Now their sand, I think, is "live" because the bacteria is "added" to the sand rather than true harvested live sand that is available.
lol i read it all too before i noticed it was old. was weird showed up in todays post????
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