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What’s Your Favorite Sand?

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Looks like just freshwater river gravel from a landscape supply store. Did anything show up weird on an icp test or other?
Nope, it came from an ocean beach near me, I used it for years.
My main reason for switching back to a white sand was for more reflective light. That stuff is pretty dark. It does kind of look like fresh water gravel, but it is much finer
 
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Giving this a try. About to set my tank back up, very excited
 
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Here is what the Aquaforest Biosand looks like. It is most white with some specs in various shades of brown.
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