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Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 3:57 pm
by loachmom
Emma Turner uses something called 'silica sand' in a lot of her tanks.

Here's a thread on sand:

Sand

Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 4:33 pm
by Jim014
Total Package wrote:I used 3M colorquartz in mine. It's a manufactured sand. Very round, uniform, and comes in a bunch of colors (I wanted a black substrate). It also comes from pool supplies and flooring companies.
Here's another thread regarding silica sand:
http://forums.loaches.com/viewtopic.php ... ilica+sand