African CICHILD Aragonite 10LB, Sand for Aquarium

Excellent sand for my Cichlid tank gave a nice variety of texture when it went along with my crushed coral the fish definitely like moving it around. I did a light rinse on it and it really cleared up in the water rather quickly unlike some other stands I’ve used in the past that have taken more than a day to clear the cloud up. This was pretty quick very satisfied with this particular brand of sand.

I purchased this this sand for my new shelldweller (Neolamprologus Multifasciatus) tank that I'm transferring my colony to. They absolute love this stuff, it is a nice small grain for them to dig in, move around, and build piles with. The hardness has also noticeably increased. I have only tested with a TDS meter but over a 2 week period the TDS in the water rose from 170 out of the tap to 210 with the sand, which is higher than any of my other tanks and a clear increase in hardness. I expect it will continue to increase as the tank matures and forms its buffer. The sand itself is a very fine grain, white/off white sand. It is much smaller than other African Cichlid substrates I have seen which is a plus for these Multies. It is too fine of a grain to shove a gravel vac in, as all of the sand will also be vacuumed out, so keep that in mind with how that would fit in your cleaning preferences. So far I have easily been able to vacuum debris right off the top by just skimming the gravel vacuum slightly above the sand. I would recommend giving this a good clean as the aquarium took several days to clear up, even after several rinses. All in all, a high quality cichlid sand

I'm pretty pleased with how much sand you get for the price it's great. Covered a lot of the tank bottom with lots left over. And the white is bright and stands out on tank.

My Triops love this sand. The only issue I have with it, is it does leave white residue and leaves a light fog on top of the sand. But it keeps good ph in the tank so it's exactly what I need.

I love cichlids more than anything, but i have nano tanks. After having American cichlids, black ramirezis, i decided to get some variety and get an African cichlid tank started, but Lake Malawi fish are quite big, so i opted for shell-dwellers from Lake Tanganyika, the naughty variety that is, fanged little frog faced ocellatus, i have a thing for little feisty stabby fish, what can i say! These guys, like any other shell-dwellers, love their shells and are mean little excavating machines ! And i know they're also notorious for reorganizing (aka destroying) any aquascape you'll love to make them, because who doesnt like having friends that tells you "It's all wrong, this goes here, that doesnt go there ! Your sense of fashion is horrible!" Anyway, a year ago i could find fine aragonite sand EVERYWHERE. Ive done all the stores i could think of in my area, people only had crushed aragonite., which i kept as a bottom layer under the sand. I figured having a heavier type of sand might help to anchor some of the shells better once they've decided where it goes. But at the same time it shows how HUGE of a difference between the Carib-Sea aragonite and this fine sand is. I already ordered another bag, totally worth adding a 2nd layer of this sand, even though the shipping to Canada is more than the retail price. Even worst, while it's retailed at 20$ give or take on the US Amazon website, its 100$ on the CA Amazon website, so definitively shop your items on both sites before purchasing, the prices fluctuates too much from one seller to another. All i have to say is i LOVE this sand, and i hope my ocellatus likes it too (they're still going to bite the hand that feeds them anyway!), but DO BE careful and rinse, rinse, rinse, did i say rinse ? I had a tub in the sink, rinsed it in 3 separates batches, each batches at least 5 times with the water constantly running in the tub. I still couldnt see my hand at the bottom of the tub, it's like i had my hand in a tub filled with milk. I was a little scared after putting the sand in my tank, i couldnt see anything, but it became crystal clear at the end of the day. So really dont be hasty in adding this sand to your tank, take your time to rinse it over and over, the end result are totally worth it!

What I mean is ZERO stars. Water stayed a milky white regardless of how many times I rinsed it!! I have rinsed this sand and emptied this tank probably 20 times over the last 3 days. The attached pic is 20x’s clearer that it was 10 rinses ago. This after setting all night since I last touched it, so waiting for it to “settle” didn’t work. Unless you want to waste your money on this and then 100 gallons of water to try and get it to clear up don’t bother!

I chose this substrate to add to existing aquarium containing African cichlids (shell dwellers: neolamprologus multifasciatis / multis) in hopes it would help buffer the water, raise the pH, and give them a finer grain sand because the like to dig. After reading the negative reviews I was a little apprehensive: many suggested the dust cloud never settled and they had to start over. I wonder how much these reviewers follow instructions and best practices… First off, the water never got that cloudy. I rinsed it well, added it to the tank, then put a flat dinner plate on top and poured dechlorinated water on top of the plate slowly. It was fine. Never got that cloudy and dust had settled by the evening. Secondly, the pH has slowly increased and it sitting around 8.0 (my tap water is neutral/7). Thirdly, the kh and gh have slowly increased and the water is now much harder than the soft municipal tap I use. Lastly, the grain is finer that what I was using originally and the multies love digging and spitting it. It’s very white and I like it better than what was there originally. If I was to test this aquarium down and reset it, I’d only use this sand for shell dwellers substrate as it is very attractive. I highly recommend.

Perfect shade of white and great particle size. Not dusty or dirty at all. Very happy!

Muy buen producto, se disuelve fácil.

This sand is fine and beautiful but it needs to be washed a lot! I washed it about 5 times and then let the bucket sit under the shower until it ran clear.

Great product, very happy

Gewoon aquariumzand geleverd gekregen in plaats van Afrikaans aragoniet... Vergissing of...???

Ottimo per un acquario Marino