Full Tank Shots 2014

[Proteus]

This tanks about 8 months old but redid rock work and took out some pieces to start over with my personal favorite. So as is 2 months old

[wreck]

Sorry about the coraline on the gront glass. Best shot I coukd get with my phone. Will scrape the glass and get a better pic.

[mrhasan]

That's how it looks like as of right now (only hawkfish survived the velvet outbreak and is hiding).


DSC_9434 by md. raied, on Flickr

[darkreef]

Originally Posted by Slyguy00

Well may as well post up the new tank to start the new year

What brand name of black sand ! I'm looking to do my tank in black sand .
But I heard of some sands having metal in them and to do my research before buy.

[Slyguy00]

It is caribsea black sand. I asked the people at J&L about it and they didn't seem to know to much. The bag said on it reef safe, and good for salt water. Im just taking a chance, and am hoping it works good. Is it bad if it has metal in it? Im just hoping because its a reputable company that i should be ok.

[darkreef]

Originally Posted by Slyguy00

It is caribsea black sand. I asked the people at J&L about it and they didn't seem to know to much. The bag said on it reef safe, and good for salt water. Im just taking a chance, and am hoping it works good. Is it bad if it has metal in it? Im just hoping because its a reputable company that i should be ok.

I heard put a magnet on it if it picks up anything get it out ASAP .
But I didn't do much research on it yet. Denny from the LFS just warned me about some black sands . That tank is awesome !

[Slyguy00]

Thanks I appreciate that, however now I'm slightly worried as it is a lil bit magnetic. But why is that bad? it did say reef safe, and everything seems to be doing just fine. If anybody knows anything about this please let me know because if there is an issue i will be removing this weekend.

[darkreef]

Iron is magnetic . And I'm pretty sure that's bad. But I would look into it before going crazy . But you don't want to leech anything and have a crash .

[Slyguy00]

I have done some reading online and other forums, and it appears lots of people do use the same sand I have and it is ok. The only flaws I can find about it are that is is hard to keep looking clean and black after longer periods of time, and it has less filtering ability over regular sand. Both arnt huge concerns for me. I do lots of WC anyways, and ill just make the bed deeper to make up for lack of filtration. Any other suggestions?

[input80]

This is how it atm, still working on it regularly. Upgraded from a 90 G bowfront in Oct. 2013