Fine to medium pink sand or argonite recommendation request

vsiege

Active Member
I'm looking to remove my current course gravel-like sand for a pink sand. I'm going to put down a very light or thin bed of sand unlike what I have now which is 40 lbs of sand in a 37 gallon aquarium. Can you recommend a fine to medium grain sand or Aragonite? I plan on getting 20lbs only.
I'd prefer a very pink sand in nature.
Thanks
 

nanoreefing4fun

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ARAGONITE FIJI PINK DRY SAND

Sand Type Grain Sizes (mm) Average Density
Fiji Pink 0.5 - 1.5 90lbs per cubic foot
Special Grade 1.0 - 2.0 85lbs per cubic foot
Bahamas Oolite 0.25 - 1.0 96lbs per cubic foot
Indo-Pacific Black 0.25 - 5.0 90lbs per cubic foot
West Caribbean Reef 1.0 - 5.0 90lbs per cubic foot
Hawaiian Black 0.25 - 3.5 80lbs per cubic foot
Bimini Pink 0.5 - 5.0 90lbs per cubic foot
Natural Reef 3.0 - 5.5 85lbs per cubic foot
Florida Crushed Coral 3.0 - 5.5 72lbs per cubic foot
Aragonite Fiji Pink 0.5 - 1.5 90lbs per cubic foot
Aragonite Special Grade 1.0 - 2.0 85lbs per cubic foot


 

vsiege

Active Member
Hi all,
Ended up getting the fiji pink live sand. Cleared up under 3 hours. Looks good. Not all that pink, as mentioned, but I'm satisfied with look and grain size. Thanks

For anybody else out there who wants to buy the sand.... I removed all of the old sand and most of the water, then put the rock/haef scape back in. Next, I filled it up with water using a mug to poor the water into as to not disturb the sand particles. Once filled, I added the livestock back in. Lastly, I emptied the packet of water clarifier, that came with the sand, into the return and it cleared up just fine. In addition, I also added a few more Nassarius snails for good measure.
 
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