Aqua Natural Sugar White Sand Bio-Substrate 5lb for Aquariums, Sand seeded with Start up bio-Active nitrifying Bacteria

This sand is gorgeous in my tall 20 gallon aquarium. I love that it comes damp and made setting up the aquarium and live plants so much easier. It’s no rinse!!!! What a game changer. This is one of my absolute favorite purchases ever! Switching to this from gravel made a huge difference in the look but also was so much better for the health of my bottom dwelling fish. I’d give this 6 stars if I could! Highly recommend for the ease, and extra security the nitrifying live bacteria this adds. I still dose with stability when upgrading to larger aquariums and move over old filter media. I will never use anything other than this . It’s the best investment for a healthy tank and a great price. Technology. Wow!

This sand is amazing, it looks good and is easy to clean, I got light sand so it's easier to see the fish poo to clean out, but there are little black and brown specks which drive me insane xDI buy Aqua Natural Sugar White sand for all my tanks now, the sand is heavier than other sand so if you suck some up in your gravel vac they don't get very high, when using a turkey baster it all falls out before reaching the surface leaving only poop and food left in the baster.I use it with my Kuhli's and Cories, the Kuhli's love digging through it and burying themselves in it.

Beautiful white sand. Arrives wet in bag as it is apparantly pre cycled which i think really helped to cycle my tank/speed up the process. I would definitely buy again. The sand is pure white but does contain some flecks of something black/brown which reminds me of maybe some wood particles. But it doesn't matter as alot of it vacuums out and it also makes it so fish poo doesn't stand out so bad. It's been in my tank for a few months now i think and i don't notice any flecks apart from any mess from my fish. It has been my favourite substrate. All my fish love it and they couldn't be happier. I previously had gravel which i disliked how the food would settle into it aswell as poo. Although i was worried about cleaning sand.. it is actually so much cleaner than gravel as i can run the gravel vac over just the surface of it and i can see that its clean. I previously bought some sand from the petshop which was more of a tan colour and didn't create the look i was after but this white sand has really brightened up my tank. It is also a heavier grain than traditional sand which means its less likely to go up the gravel vac. I haven't had a single illness or death from any of my fish so i'm sure that this product is good and safe.

No need for soaking, it is pre soaked exactly as it says on the bag. It is a good size to cover just a layer over fluval stratum in a 10gal tank, but if you want more sand I recommend getting 2 bags. It is very effective and does help keep the soil down. It looks very clean and is worth the money.

Don’t mind the black dots in my sand, that’s my fault for rinsing a dirty filter in my tank when I began cycling. I really like this sand, it’s nice and small and will be perfect for my axolotl when my tank is fully cycled. I noticed I already had some nitrites, 24 hours after adding the sand. My tank was already filled with conditioned water when I added my bag of sand in. I found it easiest to quickly run the outside of the bag under hot water, then cut the bag open and stick the bag into the tank and start pouring it in that way. By doing so, my tank wasn’t cloudy a minute after I was finished pouring the sand and I was able to get every last bit of sand out of the bag so none went to waste. Id highly recommend this sand! It’s a bit pricy for the small amount but totally worth it! I also noticed a little shrimp in my tank a few hours after adding the sand which I thought was funny, poor little guy has been on quite the adventure. It shocks me he wasn’t crushed by the sand but he’s managing to survive in my tank now