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sham Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3369 Kudos: 2782 Votes: 98 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	Using a filter on my faucet and concentrated peat moss pellets in 5g buckets I've gotten my water from 20dkh, 25dgh, ~10ph to 8.4 ph, 5dkh, 10dgh. Good enough but I want black sand for a substrate and all I can find is calcium carbonate reptile sand. Unless I want to pay a huge amount in shipping to order sand online. Will this increase my water hardness/ph or only buffer it where it is?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:18
JQW Fish Addict Posts: 869 Kudos: 758 Registered: 09-Apr-2003	calcium carbonate and water will produce enormous amount of gas, CO2 i think it is. and it will definately affect the pH. i think what you can do is try it, test the pH, wait for it to settle, you can lower the pH with peat. and see how you go from there [span class="edited"][Edited by JQW 2004-07-09 03:23][/span]
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:18
techjak Fish Master Posts: 1515 Kudos: 2354 Votes: 4 Registered: 09-May-2003	You definately do NOT want to use the calcium carbonate sand. This will drive your pH back up through the roof and any modifications you have made will be for naught. You might look into Eco-complete (and then you could have plants ). This substrate will lower the pH even more and it is black. It doesn't have the look of sand, but then it also doesn't have the drawbacks that sand does.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:18
sham Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3369 Kudos: 2782 Votes: 98 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	Highly doubt I can find eco-complete since I can't find another substrate besides gravel and reptile sand. I'll have to order it unless I come across black hardware sand.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:18
FRANK Moderator Posts: 5108 Kudos: 5263 Votes: 1690 Registered: 28-Dec-2002	Hi, You should be able to buy black sand from your LFS. Bear in mind that true black sand is a volcanic sand, very rare, and found in tropical places such as Hawaii. Because of that, it will be expensive. Frank -->>> The Confidence of Amateurs, is the Envy of Professionals <<<--
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:18
sham Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3369 Kudos: 2782 Votes: 98 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	no black sand here within an hour drive. I have bad luck finding fish supplies here. $5 shipping a 20lb bag of sand. I can't resist buying a small bag of calcium carbonate sand and testing it when I get home this week
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:18


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