Which pink sand?

[iLMaRiO]

Hi to all. I'm new.
I'm trying to choose one sand (no DSB, just 1 or 2cm) that is pink and not too fine at the same time.

I have Bimini Pink from Carib Sea, but it's grey, not white as from their photos and with little-to-nothing pink.
Samoa Pink Grade 0 or 1 looks perfect to me, but i can't find any store selling it in Europe, only the live one that is much finer than grade 0 or 1.

Other sands? Must be white and pink, not grey and pink.

Anyone using Samoa Pink here ? Could you please post some pics just to see ?

 

[Campfiregirl]

We find that the Fiji Pink works the best, it's kind of pink and white. It's not too fine or too coarse. The snails love it.

 

[iLMaRiO]

Based on specs, Fiji Pink is too fine
What about Bimini Pink? I have one still sealed bere but it's too dark, not white. Very similar to Fiji Pink but bigger

 

[Fezbearer]

I'm doing a 50/50 mix of Bimini and Special Grade. If all goes well, they'll be in the tank tonight.

 

[ekopapers]

I have Samoa pink in my tank 75 gallon and really like it, it is very fine, I mixed one bag of their Samoa pink aragonite in with it to give it more chunks and will probably add more as I have decided I like having more shell pieces in it. Here are some pics I took for you (excuse my tank mess it's only been up for a couple of months and still going through a bit of an ugly phase) overall I am very happy with the Samoa pink, I have seen the other ones in store and it isn't nearly as pretty as the Samoa pink, I had a very hard time finding pictures of it when I was looking too. Also my lights are actinic and super blue and I don't currently have a natural light option for taking pics on that tank so the lighting changes the way it looks too, but I tried to use a filter on my camera to fix it

 

[iLMaRiO]

I have Samoa pink in my tank 75 gallon and really like it, it is very fine, I mixed one bag of their Samoa pink aragonite in with it to give it more chunks and will probably add more as I have decided I like having more shell pieces in it. Here are some pics I took for you (excuse my tank mess it's only been up for a couple of months and still going through a bit of an ugly phase) overall I am very happy with the Samoa pink, I have seen the other ones in store and it isn't nearly as pretty as the Samoa pink, I had a very hard time finding pictures of it when I was looking too. Also my lights are actinic and super blue and I don't currently have a natural light option for taking pics on that tank so the lighting changes the way it looks too, but I tried to use a filter on my camera to fix it

This is the color i like, even if not pink

 

[iLMaRiO]

This is the Bimini Pink i have, it's not "white" but more like brown, very different ftom the official photo

 

[iLMaRiO]

I'm doing a 50/50 mix of Bimini and Special Grade. If all goes well, they'll be in the tank tonight.

Could you please take a photo of both when out of the bag? I would like to see the difference outside the water and inside

 

[Kellie in CA]

When the blue light hits it, it will look more white. I had Bimini Pink in my last tank and really disliked how "chunky" it was. But the color was fine.

FYI - I've used just about all the "pinks" and none of them actually look pink in person.

 

[iLMaRiO]

When the blue light hits it. it will look more white. I had Bimini Pink in my last tank and really disliked how "chunky" it was. But the color was fine.

FYI - I've used just about all the "pinks" and none of them actually look pink in person.

Under the Blue light they will be more Pink?

 

[gray808]

Anyone using Samoa Pink here ? Could you please post some pics just to see ?

I just got 60# of Nature's Ocean Bio Active Live Somoa Pink this week. It's still bagged, as my aquarium is currently being shipped across the country.

What I *can* tell you:
-- It's not super pink. There are pink speckles.
-- I'd read that the sand would come packed in water, and be wet on arrival. This is not what I got, it was mostly dry (again., I've not opened the bags, so I don't know if it's slightly damp or not, just that it's not wet.

Hmmm. If I have a chance, I'll break one open and get a picture of the sand itself. I also got a 10# bag of Nature's Ocean Samoa Pink Sand #0, dry. I'll try to get a pick of that as well.

--Gray

 

[iLMaRiO]

I just got 60# of Nature's Ocean Bio Active Live Somoa Pink this week. It's still bagged, as my aquarium is currently being shipped across the country.

What I *can* tell you:
-- It's not super pink. There are pink speckles.
-- I'd read that the sand would come packed in water, and be wet on arrival. This is not what I got, it was mostly dry (again., I've not opened the bags, so I don't know if it's slightly damp or not, just that it's not wet.

Hmmm. If I have a chance, I'll break one open and get a picture of the sand itself. I also got a 10# bag of Nature's Ocean Samoa Pink Sand #0, dry. I'll try to get a pick of that as well.

--Gray

#0 is my favorite, but in Europe noone Is selling it

 

[Kellie in CA]

Under the Blue light they will be more Pink?

Maybe someone can chime in with a bagged sand that I haven't seen before. But no, in my experience you may get a little speck of pink here and there, but that's about it.

I found this picture... it's not really white or pink.

Just hate to have you chasing something that doesn't exist. I have tried just about all of them over the years! =)

 

[iLMaRiO]

Maybe someone can chime in with a bagged sand that I haven't seen before. But no, in my experience you may get a little speck of pink here and there, but that's about it.

I found this picture... it's not really white or pink.

Just hate to have you chasing something that doesn't exist. I have tried just about all of them over the years! =)

It's dark. So why both nature Ocean and caribsea are showing a very light and Pink Sand if in reality they are near Brown and almost no Pink?

 

[iLMaRiO]

These are very different than reality

The Bimini Pink shown here is perfect for me, but i have It and it's totally different in color and size

 

[ekopapers]

So here are a couple more pics of my Samoa pink sand closer up, there is definitely a lot of pink flecks in it, the snail shell is about 3/4 of an inch across

 

[iLMaRiO]

Also, mine looks very small
Are there multiple Bimini Pink sizes? I've read on the webstore that mine is 0.2-2.2 but CaribSea tAlks about 0.5-5.5

 

[iLMaRiO]

So here are a couple more pics of my Samoa pink sand closer up, there is definitely a lot of pink flecks in it

Is this the live sand?

 

[ekopapers]

Is this the live sand?

Yes this is in my 75 gallon it's been up since December, here is a pic with the blues with no filter on my camera and yes this was their live sand version. There is a lot of pink in the Samoa pink sand but it is also subtle

 

[gray808]

OK, I'm pleased. The Live sand is actually wet, just well sealed.

This is what the package says the Dry Samoa Pink sand will look like:

This is what it actually looks like. Sorry for the picture quality, cell phone pic, through a magnifier. It's on a white plate, so the white balance is pretty close.

And this is what the Live/wet looks like:

So, neither are anywhere near as pink as the retail pictures would lead you to believe.
Both seem to have a dun, pale tan base color, with very occasional pink flakes. The dry seems to have more pink flakes that the Bio Active Live. I should have water in my tank within a couple weeks, and I'll make sure to get some good shots of the sand in the tank, under aquarium lighting.

I'm building a WB Marine 70.3, with around 2 inches of sand in the display, 60# of BioActive Live Somoa Pink, 10# dry Somoa Pink, and 10# of Florida Keys Crushed Coral.

--Gray

ETA: both samples are 2 Tablespoons of sand on the underside of a plastic white plate, so maybe a 3" across pile. I should have put a penny for scale.