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product_id: 10678275
title: "African Cichlid Substrates Bio-Activ Live Cichlid Sand for Aquarium, 20-Pound, Natural Black"
brand: "african cichlid substrates"
price: "R3166"
currency: ZAR
in_stock: false
reviews_count: 7
url: https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/10678275-african-cichlid-substrates-bio-activ-live-cichlid-sand-for-aquarium
store_origin: ZA
region: South Africa
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# African Cichlid Substrates Bio-Activ Live Cichlid Sand for Aquarium, 20-Pound, Natural Black

**Brand:** african cichlid substrates
**Price:** R3166
**Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** African Cichlid Substrates Bio-Activ Live Cichlid Sand for Aquarium, 20-Pound, Natural Black by african cichlid substrates
- **How much does it cost?** R3166 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Currently out of stock
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.za](https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/10678275-african-cichlid-substrates-bio-activ-live-cichlid-sand-for-aquarium)

## Best For

- african cichlid substrates enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted african cichlid substrates brand quality
- Free international shipping included
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## Description

Bio-Activ Live Natural Black Live Cichlid Sand 20LBS (Grain size: 1.2 -1.7mm)Provides Rift Lake environment perfect for African Cichlid. Use them in your aquariums and ponds to make the floor bottom look great. It provides living space for beneficial microbes and anchoring for plants. It also helps with the filtering process of the water in your aquarium tank or pond by increasing the surface area available for nitrifying bacteria to colonize.

## Features

- Contains live bacteria to quickly stabilize your tank & Immediately removes nitrogenous waste (Ammonia, Nitrite and helps remove Nitrate)
- This product is natural not artificial, prevents bio-fouling & Restores natural organic balance
- Contains live Heterotrophic and Autotrophic bacteria to provide a proper inorganic balance
- Contains live Chemolithotrophic bacteria
- All Bacteria are preserved in their natural live state

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## Customer Reviews

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    Easily the best substrate I've ever used for my Cichlids
  

*by K***. on Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2016*

Easily the best substrate I've ever used for my Cichlids.  This settled so quickly, I ordered an additional bag and carefully added it to the tank with the fish in the water.  I know that is a big no-no in the aquarium world, but it worked out because this substrate is so easy to work with.  Some of the reviews mentioned it took a while to settle after adding water.  I did not have that issue at all.  There is a small amount of water in the package with the substrate to keep the active bacteria alive so it was not in any way dusty and I no floating debris from it at all.

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    So good, your fish will want to...
  

*by R***S on Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2013*

Great substrate. Has a very fine sandy consistency and you'll have to give it a night to settle. After that you're good to go.I used this for fishless cycling using pure ammonia from Ace Hardware and the tank was cycled and had my whole stock of fish in it in EXACTLY two weeks.Our tap water is around a 9.0+ and this coral keeps it at about a 7.8. Which is perfect for our yellow lab, red zebra and two upside down catfish.It was so perfect in fact, that the day we added them they tried to mate! (We were moving them from another tank and had already had them for a while.)

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    Its more like crushed rocks
  

*by A***R on Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2015*

Not sure where exactly this stuff comes from...Its more like crushed rocks. But I'm still good with it. My only concern is that it seems to be very dirty. And by dirty I don't mean cloudy (Don't get me wrong it does cloud) but it seem to have a LOT of debris in it such as sticks and what seem to be paper...Put it in the tank with a small amount of water and drain that water off.

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*Product available on Desertcart South Africa*
*Store origin: ZA*
*Last updated: 2026-03-02*