Heaviest Live Sand?

[NYfishies]

Hi all,

 

I need your recommendation on what is the heaviest sand I can put in my tank. It is a small display with a MP10 running at 45% and the 10 or so pounds of sand (fine) currently in there has blown into its natural place. This has left valleys of bare bottom glass which I would like to fill in with heavier sand which will not blow.

 

Best I have found so far is Florida Crushed Coral Arag-Alive! Live Reef Sand.

 

Thanks for your advice! This is going in my Zoa garden in my sig below.

 

[VW_TDI_02]

This is the stuff I use and it works pretty well in my tank. It's a 20 long with 2 Jebao RW-4s.

 

http://www.amazon.com/CaribSea-Aragonite-Special-Grade-Reef/dp/B0002APLCU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1464884784&sr=8-1&keywords=carib+sea+special+grade

[gus6464]

Tropic Eden Grand Select is not live but IMO it's the best sand on the market. It's on the bigger side but looks soooooooo goooooood.

[Simulated Fish]

Tropic Eden Grand Select is not live but IMO it's the best sand on the market. It's on the bigger side but looks soooooooo goooooood.

I agree 100% they have large sizes too that really help with dust storms.

[NYfishies]

Thanks guys, I do not need live sand actually so this could be great!

[gus6464]

Premium Aquatics is the only place that carries it. This is the one I got a bag of recently.

 

https://premiumaquatics.com/products/tropic-eden-reeflakes-grand-select-30lbs.html

 

That's the biggest one in terms of flake size.

[jedimasterben]

Grand select is really big grains. Even a gyre at full speed can't move it

[NYfishies]

Premium Aquatics is the only place that carries it. This is the one I got a bag of recently.

 

https://premiumaquatics.com/products/tropic-eden-reeflakes-grand-select-30lbs.html

 

That's the biggest one in terms of flake size.

 

Dang how did I miss your post! Thank you very much. Ordering now.

Grand select is really big grains. Even a gyre at full speed can't move it

 

That is what I need!

[Rzalph]

+1 on the Tropic Eden. It is beutiful and so far hasn't budged with my rw4 on full blast.

FYI. They do sell different grain sizes.

[Clown79]

I like caribsea fiji pink. Perfect grain size. It never blows around unless I purposely direct the powerhead to it.

 

I wouldn't go too big a grain size though because it will trap detritus and even with weekly vacuuming, it still happens.

 

I have 2 tanks.

 

1 have fiji pink - so nice

 

The other has the caribsea black hawaiian which is a bigger grain...what a PITA. I vacuum it every week, low bioload, lots of flow and the sand is always trapping stuff in it.

[NYfishies]

I like caribsea fiji pink. Perfect grain size. It never blows around unless I purposely direct the powerhead to it.

 

I wouldn't go too big a grain size though because it will trap detritus and even with weekly vacuuming, it still happens.

 

I have 2 tanks.

 

1 have fiji pink - so nice

 

The other has the caribsea black hawaiian which is a bigger grain...what a PITA. I vacuum it every week, low bioload, lots of flow and the sand is always trapping stuff in it.

 

I stir the sand every 3rd day and vac once or twice a month. This seems to be working. I have not noticed much detritus trapped, but there is a tendency for larger air bubble to trap which if left alone could be bad.

 

I use the Fiji Pink is our larger tank and enjoy it. Our pistol especially loves it.