Re: sand

["David Sanchez" <apistogrammasetc@yahoo.com>]

Yes Randy that is the name, Black beauty couldn't think of it. I have bags
of it laying around it is so cheap. I have used it for years like Randy said
with zero problems. I have used it with all sorts of Apistos and spawned
tons of them and I am yet to have any problems from my supplier. I have
tested for changes in pH and conductivity and haven't seen any changes.


David Sanchez
Orlando, FL
www.geocities.com/barbax2
----- Original Message -----
From: "Merce" <M.LIEBANES@terra.es>
To: <apisto@listbox.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2001 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: sand


> I think that the name "Black Beauty" is used more as a generic name than
> as one for a specific product, I've heard of it in many parts of the USA
> and I can't believe that it's all the same stuff,  especially when I
> read on thekrib.com about people who have had problems with BB. I think
> that anyone would be wise to check their BB before adding it to an
> aquarium.
> C:-)lin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Randy Carey <carey@spacestar.net>
> To: apisto@listbox.com <apisto@listbox.com>
> Date: Sunday, February 18, 2001 2:34 PM
> Subject: Re: sand
>
>
> >I've gone to a sand blasting supply company.  In my area (Minnesota) I
> can get
> >red flint gravel in many different sizes.  You can get it so small that
> it might
> >be too fine for an undergravel filter.  For black "sand," they have one
> product
> >called "black beauty."  (Someone once questioned its mineral content,
> but it
> >appears to be inert.  I have had black beauty in some tanks for years
> and with no
> >problems.)
> >
> >The sand blasting supply company is where several aquarium stores
> (around here)
> >get their natural-colored gravel that they use and resell.  I think it
> cost me
> >something like $6 or $8 per 100-pound bag for red flint.  And they have
> other
> >types of "gravel" available on display.  Just look in the yellow pages
> (or on the
> >'Net) under "sand blasting."
> >
> >--Randy
> >
> >
> >
> >Brian Berggoetz wrote:
> >
> >> I'm looking for a darker substrate than the silica sand I have now.
> >> Good stuff but too bright.  Is there a pea gravel that is fine enough
> >> for the apistos too still dig in it?  Is there another alternative?
> I'd
> >> like to keep it more natural than the bare bottom tank.  I'm
> interested
> >> in natural behavior.
> >> bb
> >>
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