Sand help please! Fiji VS Arag and Gobies

[onlytoby]

Hey guys!

I'm getting a new tank and decided I don't want to use the current reefflower pearl white sand I have. It's too white and virtually impossible to maintainike that!

I was considering either Arag special or Fiji pink.

What is the difference between them?

Which is your favourite and why?

Will gobies still be able to sift 1mm grain size?

Thanks!

 

[blaxsun]

Whatever has the smallest, most consistently-sized particles. 1mm is fine for sand sifters.

 

[i cant think]

Hey guys!

I'm getting a new tank and decided I don't want to use the current reefflower pearl white sand I have. It's too white and virtually impossible to maintainike that!

I was considering either Arag special or Fiji pink.

What is the difference between them?

Which is your favourite and why?

Will gobies still be able to sift 1mm grain size?

Thanks!

Yes sandsifters can sift 1mm grains, I recommend against valenciennea UNLESS you want a deep (3-5 inch) sandbed to sustain the microfauna they need. Without that microfauna there is many cases where they end up withering away. It’s also why you don’t add one to a tank less than a year old. IMHO, those guys are worse than mandarins ever will be to keep alive.

 

[Bob Escher]

I use Fiji Pink I believe the size is 0.5-1.5mm. My gobies love it.
I keep my Vortechs a little more than halfway up the tank with no problems of blowing sand