Aquarium BLACK SAND Comparison: CaribSea black Hawaiian, Eco-Complete, Fiji Pink

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Great video! Just what I needed.

I have had all black livesand and I have also had this Livesand that has white in it... I tried to love the all black livesand but it became like a redish black over time... Now the black and white sand on the other hand looked beautiful no matter how much time went by...What I did was scoop out the sand with my hand and then give it a shake in the tank whie the tank had water in it...The white sand fell mostly to the bottom then I dropped the black sand on top..when I was finished the top was mostly black so then I grabbed the white sand and dashed it over the top with my hand which created a beautiful look....I specifically cane here to see what sand it was as I'm starting a new tank ...been years since I used this sand ...

Thanks for the useful info. I just ordered the hawian black and going those return and choose another since I want the pure black look.

I have purchased cultivated life Rock in 2017 with black spots, which look like your black sand. The black stuff in my rock released heavy metals. The black spot was even magnetic (Iron, cobalt, nickel) like yours, but also contained copper!!! It is really a good idea to make a icp after a while!

thanks for sharing this!! I am looking for black sand myself so this is really helpful..I have also heard that you can get black sandblasting sand and I haven't been able to check into it yet... I really appreciate you taking the time to show the different ones that you've have experience with!! I hope you have a great day!

Just like someone else said back in the day the black used to be all black. It's disappointing it's not anymore. My first saltwater aquarium I did was all black sand. I just started back up reefing after 6 years and wanted blacl sand. Much to my disappointment I was in your same boat. I ended up going with the black gravel which wasn't too bad and I was able to pick most of the brown pieces out. I would have preferred finer sand but the gravel isn't bad and I am happy with it. I love the black Substrat look! 😎👍🏻 By the way, props for using Brightwell Aquatics! They're my favorite!

Great video I get the struggle I'm looking for very fine black sand and it seems like it's the impossible mission

So what brand was that fine black sand??

Surprised about the hawaiian black.. you must have had a bad mix. I bought 3 bags and it was much darker. I still had the lighter grains but not nearly as much as yours

Can u use black Caribsea in freshwater aquarium??

thanks for a tip dude this is going to take a longggg time but i hate how its mixed with white sand

Is this hawaian black sand the same as lava rock?

Can u do more videos with the black tank !!

Wow - it should be only black - why do they mix in the white? Crazy. I saw those really black reef branches and I always thought that in a 60g cube with the black sand and a G5 blue would make the ultimate LPS tank - maybe a couple of of montis and an acro at the top. Ahhhh so disappointing. But I have heard before a lot of people say the black sand is not good long term... I don't care about light reflection... they said it turns a bit speckled - I thought that was with detritous or something... not because it comes speckled.

the caribsea should have been a lot darker. when i got mine back in the day, it had NO white in it