Aqua Natural Aquarium Substrate, African CICHILD Aragonite Sand, 10LB

Bought twice already, I recommend it for new aquarium owners! Can be a mess so don’t open it in your room, looks very nice in fish tank, you get your moneys worth.

Excellent sand for my Cichlid tank gave a nice variety of texture when it went along with my crushed coral the fish definitely like moving it around. I did a light rinse on it and it really cleared up in the water rather quickly unlike some other stands I’ve used in the past that have taken more than a day to clear the cloud up. This was pretty quick very satisfied with this particular brand of sand.

I love cichlids more than anything, but i have nano tanks. After having American cichlids, black ramirezis, i decided to get some variety and get an African cichlid tank started, but Lake Malawi fish are quite big, so i opted for shell-dwellers from Lake Tanganyika, the naughty variety that is, fanged little frog faced ocellatus, i have a thing for little feisty stabby fish, what can i say! These guys, like any other shell-dwellers, love their shells and are mean little excavating machines ! And i know they're also notorious for reorganizing (aka destroying) any aquascape you'll love to make them, because who doesnt like having friends that tells you "It's all wrong, this goes here, that doesnt go there ! Your sense of fashion is horrible!" Anyway, a year ago i could find fine aragonite sand EVERYWHERE. Ive done all the stores i could think of in my area, people only had crushed aragonite., which i kept as a bottom layer under the sand. I figured having a heavier type of sand might help to anchor some of the shells better once they've decided where it goes. But at the same time it shows how HUGE of a difference between the Carib-Sea aragonite and this fine sand is. I already ordered another bag, totally worth adding a 2nd layer of this sand, even though the shipping to Canada is more than the retail price. Even worst, while it's retailed at 20$ give or take on the US Amazon website, its 100$ on the CA Amazon website, so definitively shop your items on both sites before purchasing, the prices fluctuates too much from one seller to another. All i have to say is i LOVE this sand, and i hope my ocellatus likes it too (they're still going to bite the hand that feeds them anyway!), but DO BE careful and rinse, rinse, rinse, did i say rinse ? I had a tub in the sink, rinsed it in 3 separates batches, each batches at least 5 times with the water constantly running in the tub. I still couldnt see my hand at the bottom of the tub, it's like i had my hand in a tub filled with milk. I was a little scared after putting the sand in my tank, i couldnt see anything, but it became crystal clear at the end of the day. So really dont be hasty in adding this sand to your tank, take your time to rinse it over and over, the end result are totally worth it!

purchase this sand for my 20 gallon Cichlid tank when I started to get back into fish keeping it helps buffer the pH of the water to make it ideal for them and is quite easy to clean once it is established. The main con to the sand is that it is extremely difficult to initially rinse for my 20 gallon it took me about two months to get rid of the cloudiness from the dust in the products if they would just pre-rinse the sand before shipping it or packaging it, this product would be a five star product. currently using it to set up a 40 gallon tank which is why I decided to leave this review because I’ve seen a lot of people complain about the cloudiness that the substrate has caused their tanks. you have to thoroughly rinse the sand or it will be super cloudy because of all of the dust which, I tested with this one to see how bad it could be, even without pre-rinsing it and my 40 gallon is still super cloudy, even after draining and refilling consistently. So please save the hassle and pre-rinse your sand thoroughly before putting it in your tank.

Here's a clear pic of the actual grains They're very round, making this an excellent choice for things that like to dig, also less likely to scratch the glass RINSE LONG AND HARD, of course

No amount of rinsing will remove cloudyness so if you keep rinsing it will all go down the drain! I finally stopped rinsing and put in my aquarium with fish, my poor fish were engulfed in milky white water couldn't even see them! I felt so bad but I put filters on full blast and within couple hours it cleared up. I didn't even add the whole bag or what was left after so much rinsing Because it turned so so milky I was afraid for my fish. I had previously bought this before and wanted to add more as it had filtered off some. I don't remember it being this bad.

I purchased this this sand for my new shelldweller (Neolamprologus Multifasciatus) tank that I'm transferring my colony to. They absolute love this stuff, it is a nice small grain for them to dig in, move around, and build piles with. The hardness has also noticeably increased. I have only tested with a TDS meter but over a 2 week period the TDS in the water rose from 170 out of the tap to 210 with the sand, which is higher than any of my other tanks and a clear increase in hardness. I expect it will continue to increase as the tank matures and forms its buffer. The sand itself is a very fine grain, white/off white sand. It is much smaller than other African Cichlid substrates I have seen which is a plus for these Multies. It is too fine of a grain to shove a gravel vac in, as all of the sand will also be vacuumed out, so keep that in mind with how that would fit in your cleaning preferences. So far I have easily been able to vacuum debris right off the top by just skimming the gravel vacuum slightly above the sand. I would recommend giving this a good clean as the aquarium took several days to clear up, even after several rinses. All in all, a high quality cichlid sand

I chose this substrate to add to existing aquarium containing African cichlids (shell dwellers: neolamprologus multifasciatis / multis) in hopes it would help buffer the water, raise the pH, and give them a finer grain sand because the like to dig. After reading the negative reviews I was a little apprehensive: many suggested the dust cloud never settled and they had to start over. I wonder how much these reviewers follow instructions and best practices… First off, the water never got that cloudy. I rinsed it well, added it to the tank, then put a flat dinner plate on top and poured dechlorinated water on top of the plate slowly. It was fine. Never got that cloudy and dust had settled by the evening. Secondly, the pH has slowly increased and it sitting around 8.0 (my tap water is neutral/7). Thirdly, the kh and gh have slowly increased and the water is now much harder than the soft municipal tap I use. Lastly, the grain is finer that what I was using originally and the multies love digging and spitting it. It’s very white and I like it better than what was there originally. If I was to test this aquarium down and reset it, I’d only use this sand for shell dwellers substrate as it is very attractive. I highly recommend.

Muy buen producto, se disuelve fácil.

This sand is fine and beautiful but it needs to be washed a lot! I washed it about 5 times and then let the bucket sit under the shower until it ran clear.

Great product, very happy

Gewoon aquariumzand geleverd gekregen in plaats van Afrikaans aragoniet... Vergissing of...???

Ottimo per un acquario Marino