Re: sand

["Mike" <mikeymeyer@sprintmail.com>]

I use BB in almost all my tanks.  I have not had any problems in the past 3
years using it.  My understanding of the product, is it is a byproduct of
coal production, but that may be a myth.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Sanchez" <apistogrammasetc@yahoo.com>
To: <apisto@listbox.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2001 12:28 PM
Subject: Re: sand


> 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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