Sand for tropical tank

[boxman]

My LFS suggested I use aragonite coral sand for my tropical tank but I'm a bit concerned as I thought it was for brackish, marine or african cichlid.

Please could someone clear this up for me as I was about to clean the sand for a small community tank for tetras and livebearers.

Thanks!
Pete

 

[WILDER]

http/www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Han...ushedCoral.html

 

[Opcn]

Argonite will send your pH up to about 8.2, not good for most tropicals as most come from south america in low ph and hardness, two things you cant get ahold of with argonite.

 

[boxman]

Which sand can I use for a tropical community tank that won't mess with my PH??

 

[WILDER]

Alot of fishkeepers use play sand for children.

 

[boxman]

Sorry to be thick but what's the difference between play sand and beach sand??

According to that link above I could use crushed coral which would only put PH to 7.6ish?

 

[tttnjfttt]

There is a really good pinned topic on this HERE which really helped me when switching my tank over earlier this week. Good luck!