Sand Enquirey

[george4]

hi, i am lookin to re do my oldest fish tank am lookin for a sand that is whitish in colour, like normal sand when it is dried out ? Any ideas ? or does any 1 hav something like this that they have pics of ?

any help apprecieted .. thank you

 

[The-Wolf]

caribsea do a neutral pH white sand
http/www.seapets.co.uk/product-details/stkcode/954950.html

 

[Murphys-Law]

You can get a pure white Silica Sand - It looks just like salt - Quite a few places do it, mine came from Shirley Aquatics IIRC


HTH

 

[Biulu]

I have white silica sand, as white as the sandy beaches from Cancun! It cost me only 9 USD for 25 kgs!

 

[george4]

Hi , i appreciate help but was ideally after a golden yellow sand. is this possible ? obviously white will be my next choice though. thank you

 

[Straydum]

normal golden sand? playsand you mean?

 

[george4]

no , because doesnt that go really dark when you put it in water >?? the colour i am after is like dried sand colour

 

[Biulu]

Silica comes in 2 colours: true white and beige. Is this the colour you are looking for? http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?s=&amp...t&p=1789758

 

[george4]

yer that looks like what im after. perhaps a bit lighter if there is one but i will have a look at beige sand , thank you

 

[Imber]

I used a plain old play sand in one of my tanks that looked like this:

I love the way it looks and it's cheap!

 

[alessasavoca]

play sand from argos is a whitish golden colour. Used to have it in my 33 gal before I upgraded. Now have really fine black gravel.

 

[george4]

Thank you every one for your help , do you know if the play sand from argos stays a golden white when put in water ? thanks

 

[alessasavoca]

yes I used to have it in one of my tanks. Only changed because I was after the 'dark colours to enhance fishes natural colours' look.

 

[george4]

great , looks like ill be getting that then.. thank you

 

[alessasavoca]

what size tank you got? its 2.49 a bag and it's reccomended to have some live plants in the tank if you go with play sand, the root growth stops it compacting.