Hawaiian black sand vs. traditional white sand

[ken1977]

What are your thoughts about the new trend with black sand that CaribSea offers?

[Devaji108]

you know I went back and forth on this for a while now.. for a side project.
I alot of black sand is magnetic if your not really careful it will scratch the hell out of your tank. it also show more crap from what i hear.

there are ppl out there that use it. i'll stick to mt special grade reef floor love that stuff.
if you do go that way be sure to post about it.

[ken1977]

Originally Posted by Devaji108

you know I went back and forth on this for a while now.. for a side project.
I alot of black sand is magnetic if your not really careful it will scratch the hell out of your tank. it also show more crap from what i hear.

there are ppl out there that use it. i'll stick to mt special grade reef floor love that stuff.
if you do go that way be sure to post about it.

I have the black sand in a nano 8g. I'll keep updating this thread.

[Devaji108]

ah its the black and white sand..yeah that the stuff to use (i hear) the all black sand is very magnetic as its volcanic iron.

yes please do keep us posted no mater what your experience is.
it looks nice! make the corals pop that's for sure...

[ken1977]

Originally Posted by Devaji108

ah its the black and white sand..yeah that the stuff to use (i hear) the all black sand is very magnetic as its volcanic iron.

yes please do keep us posted no mater what your experience is.
it looks nice! make the corals pop that's for sure...

I tried using my magnet from my nanomag scrubber and it did seem to move a very small like 1% (like one pebble of sand at a time) of the sand as I moved it around. Wasn't enough to pull the sand around but yes I will definitely watch that when I scrub.