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+4Mike D saint_felony Silver Dollar Dude dirtydawg10 8 posters | Author | Message |
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dirtydawg10 Global Moderator
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Age : 52 Location : Connecticut Favorite Fish : Severum
| 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. | |
| | | Silver Dollar Dude Banned
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Age : 31
| Subject: Re: Tahitian Moon Sand Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:38 pm | |
| I have when I kept rays and aros it is pretty clear I loved it. | |
| | | dirtydawg10 Global Moderator
Posts : 3098
Age : 52 Location : Connecticut Favorite Fish : Severum
| 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. | |
| | | saint_felony The Turtle Whisperer
Posts : 1930
| Subject: Re: Tahitian Moon Sand Thu Jan 08, 2009 12:13 am | |
| Not sure who makes that one, but the Seachem one was mega dusty and needed some *major* rinsing. | |
| | | dirtydawg10 Global Moderator
Posts : 3098
Age : 52 Location : Connecticut Favorite Fish : Severum
| 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. | |
| | | saint_felony The Turtle Whisperer
Posts : 1930
| Subject: Re: Tahitian Moon Sand Thu Jan 08, 2009 2:10 am | |
| 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. | |
| | | dirtydawg10 Global Moderator
Posts : 3098
Age : 52 Location : Connecticut Favorite Fish : Severum
| 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. | |
| | | Mike D DIY Guy
Posts : 1842
Age : 41 Location : Maine Humor : You can't offend me
| Subject: Re: Tahitian Moon Sand Thu Jan 08, 2009 12:41 pm | |
| I'll post pics in like 20 min | |
| | | Mike D DIY Guy
Posts : 1842
Age : 41 Location : Maine Humor : You can't offend me
| 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. | |
| | | dirtydawg10 Global Moderator
Posts : 3098
Age : 52 Location : Connecticut Favorite Fish : Severum
| Subject: Re: Tahitian Moon Sand Thu Jan 08, 2009 1:01 pm | |
| Thanks for the tips, Mike. The tank looks great by the way. | |
| | | Mike D DIY Guy
Posts : 1842
Age : 41 Location : Maine Humor : You can't offend me
| 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 | |
| | | dirtydawg10 Global Moderator
Posts : 3098
Age : 52 Location : Connecticut Favorite Fish : Severum
| Subject: Re: Tahitian Moon Sand Thu Jan 08, 2009 3:07 pm | |
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| | | Mostlycichlids Cichlid Specialist
Posts : 4566
Age : 44 Location : New Mexico USA Favorite Fish : Jaguar Cichlid
| 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! | |
| | | dirtydawg10 Global Moderator
Posts : 3098
Age : 52 Location : Connecticut Favorite Fish : Severum
| Subject: Re: Tahitian Moon Sand Thu Jan 08, 2009 4:49 pm | |
| I'll keep you guys updated. | |
| | | mahemaheman85 Member
Posts : 280
Age : 39 Location : Washington Favorite Fish : vics
| 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 | |
| | | dirtydawg10 Global Moderator
Posts : 3098
Age : 52 Location : Connecticut Favorite Fish : Severum
| 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 setupThe 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. 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. | |
| | | canadiancutie Member
Posts : 51
Age : 44 Location : Montreal,Canada Favorite Fish : Betta's and black moors
| Subject: Re: Tahitian Moon Sand Fri May 15, 2009 9:03 pm | |
| where can i get tahitian sand,not alot of places ship | |
| | | Grumpa Master Profiler
Posts : 1220
Age : 52 Location : cichlid world Humor : Not often Favorite Fish : tanganikian
| 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! | |
| | | Grumpa Master Profiler
Posts : 1220
Age : 52 Location : cichlid world Humor : Not often Favorite Fish : tanganikian
| Subject: Re: Tahitian Moon Sand Fri May 15, 2009 9:35 pm | |
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| | | dirtydawg10 Global Moderator
Posts : 3098
Age : 52 Location : Connecticut Favorite Fish : Severum
| 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?? | |
| | | canadiancutie Member
Posts : 51
Age : 44 Location : Montreal,Canada Favorite Fish : Betta's and black moors
| Subject: Re: Tahitian Moon Sand Sat May 16, 2009 12:36 am | |
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