Tahitian Moon Sand

Subject: Tahitian Moon Sand Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:20 pm

Has anyone here ever used the Tahitian Moon Sand? Is it pretty clean or is it silty and need to be washed out rigorously before putting it in the tank? I bought a bag for my 29 gal and was just wondering if anyone had used it before. I hope 1- 20lb bag will be enough. I figured since it was the same footprint as a 20L that it should be enough.

Banned Posts : 910 Age : 30

I have when I kept rays and aros it is pretty clear I loved it.

Subject: Re: Tahitian Moon Sand Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:44 pm

Great! Thanks for the info. I love the look of the black sand. Feel free to chime in if anyone else has had any experience with this sand.

The Turtle Whisperer Posts : 1930

Not sure who makes that one, but the Seachem one was mega dusty and needed some *major* rinsing.

Subject: Re: Tahitian Moon Sand Thu Jan 08, 2009 12:34 am

It's made by CaribSea Inc. Well I guess I'll find out and report back on my findings. I'll slowly be cleaning and setting the tank up through the weekend so it will be soon.

The Turtle Whisperer Posts : 1930

Oh wait. Caribsea? I forgot all about that brand.

I got a bunch of bags of the Super Naturals: Zebra and that stuff was a dusty mess. It rinsed off really easily but still, fairly messy. That being said, it was also in the clearance section at the petsmart, so it may just be the bags were beaten around a whole lot.

At the very least, test a batch first. Smile

Subject: Re: Tahitian Moon Sand Thu Jan 08, 2009 12:14 pm

I'll be rinsing out the sand...I was just wondering what I was getting myself into...lol...thanks for the info, SF.

Subject: Re: Tahitian Moon Sand Thu Jan 08, 2009 12:41 pm

I'll post pics in like 20 min

Subject: Re: Tahitian Moon Sand Thu Jan 08, 2009 12:58 pm

Thats what my tank looks like with Tahitian moon sand.

To rinse the sand I dumped the entire bag into a 5 gallon bucket and ran water into it untill the bucket over flowed. I let it go for 5 min and then dumped out most of the water and repeated the fisrt step untill the water ran clear. Tis sand is very Fine and will get sucked up when you do a grav vac. I reccomend skimming the top of the sand rather than sticking the vac into it.

Subject: Re: Tahitian Moon Sand Thu Jan 08, 2009 1:01 pm

Thanks for the tips, Mike. The tank looks great by the way.

Subject: Re: Tahitian Moon Sand Thu Jan 08, 2009 1:19 pm

Thank you. I took the pic just before I did a wc. Which reminds me I think I for got to shut off the water! looks like I'll be getting that large fish tank I wanted Shocked

Subject: Re: Tahitian Moon Sand Thu Jan 08, 2009 3:07 pm

lol...oops!

Subject: Re: Tahitian Moon Sand Thu Jan 08, 2009 3:58 pm

Well I can't contribute to how dusty it is or not but I can say I have been thinking about getting some. Let us know how it ends up turning out!

Subject: Re: Tahitian Moon Sand Thu Jan 08, 2009 4:49 pm

I'll keep you guys updated.

Subject: Re: Tahitian Moon Sand Sun Jan 11, 2009 4:51 am

i used black 3m quartz sand in my pbass tank and i had to rinse the crap out of it

Subject: Re: Tahitian Moon Sand Sun Jan 11, 2009 9:15 am

I had to rinse this sand out very well. It did contain quite a bit of silt and fines. This thread shows what it looked like when I was rinsing it out...29 tank setup

The water was almost black the first few times I rinsed it out. Here's a pic of what my arm looked like after I pulled it out of the bucket the first time.
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You can see the line of the sediment stuck to my arm. It was so fine it was actually hard to get off my arm. Had to scrub with soap & water after.

Subject: Re: Tahitian Moon Sand Fri May 15, 2009 9:03 pm

where can i get tahitian sand,not alot of places ship

Subject: Re: Tahitian Moon Sand Fri May 15, 2009 9:20 pm

one of our links with the forum discount thingy link ask mc about the link i remember seeing something about it!

Subject: Re: Tahitian Moon Sand Fri May 15, 2009 9:35 pm

http://www.freshwatermadness.com/site-announcements-f24/affiliate-offer-links-t674.htm

Here is that link :gluk:

Subject: Re: Tahitian Moon Sand Fri May 15, 2009 10:56 pm

Use the forum link to Drs. Foster & Smith...they sell it and ship it. Then again I'm not sure if they ship to Canada??

Subject: Re: Tahitian Moon Sand Sat May 16, 2009 12:36 am

i will check it out ty

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