black sand?

[saltwaternewbee]

I'm wanting to set up my 60g and was wanting to use black sand. Is there any down sides?

 

[clowns101]

I used it 2-3 times on smaller tanks that I had put up and tore down, and I liked it quite a bit! No downfalls that Im aware of.

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

From what I understand it is magnetized and will stick to your mag float. It did my buddies tank anyway and left little scratches.

 

[dallas reefer]

+1

ImageX said the same thing. Careful

 

[chestnud]

I used it in a Solana and my plate corals and brains really glowed.

 

[saltwaternewbee]

That's not a good thing. Is that for all black sand? I can take my float and test the theory.

 

[secretreefer]

love black sand and the color contrast it creates!

 

[saltwaternewbee]

Also wanting the coral the glow but not cause other issues.

 

[chestnud]

I don't remember having the magnetism issue. I used the caribsea hawaiian black

 

[clowns101]

Mine didn't stick to my mag float. I had the stuff from dfs.

 

[secretreefer]

i think it's so fine that it easily gets trapped between the mag float. i've had fine black and fine white and they do the same.

 

[Acrokeeper3729]

I used it for a while and mine never was magnetized but I have heard that some can be. The biggest issue for me was that it made the tank seem like it had less light. The black just sucked the light up. I am talking about to the naked eye, I am sure not to the actual light output. Anyway, I ended up adding white to it, and made a mix of black and white, and it lit up the tank right away. The light reflects off white sand but not black. Just my experience with it.

 

[ja4207]

I don't remember having the magnetism issue. I used the caribsea hawaiian black

Some are, this however is not and I absolutely love it!

 

[saltwaternewbee]

Thanks for the info.

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Well that's good to know because I really wanted to try some black sand myself.

 

[JackoChang]

No magnetism for me either. What I didn't like is my fish poop/uneaten food showed up more.