#BLACK OOLITE SAND FREE#

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In the event that the products or parts of the products are damaged, defective or faulty (through no fault of customer), FNM shall, at its discretion: Particle size is less than 1mm (with most particles less than. This ultra fine, creamy white substrate is ideal for burrowing creatures and great for shallow or deep beds. Ocean Direct Oolite is known for its uniquely spherical, uniform gradation. Simply Perfect – Ocean Direct™ supplies the perfect union of physics and biology! Ocean Direct™ provides you with a thriving, natural aquarium in minutes!

#BLACK OOLITE SAND FREE#

Each bag includes a packet of Bio-Magnet™ clarifier to reposition the free floating bacteria to where they are most active sand beds, surfaces of live rocks, and to biological filtration media. This results in high counts of natural and beneficial bacteria with no noxious buildup of metabolic y-products. The thin film is open to the atmosphere for unparalleled gas exchange. Every bag of Ocean Direct™ is alive and breathing with up to 1000 times more beneficial bacteria than other preservation methods.Įvery grain of Ocean Direct™ is coated with bacteria and encapsulated by capillary action in a thin film of real ocean water. This live sand utilizes patent pending Sea Breathe laser technology which preserves real live sand with its own original bacteria. Simply Effective – Ocean Direct™ is different than all other live sand products on the market. This is normal and will clear up in a day or so.Simply Natural – Enjoy this real Caribbean live sand in a breathable bag with no added chemicals or special processing.

Tiny sand-coated air bubbles may form until the sand is completed wetted. The sand needs to be rinsed and then allowed to get fully wet in the aquarium. The only complaint about this substrate is from first-time sand users. If you like the look of black sand in a reef, you’ll have no problems with this substrate.

You’ll have to use a cichlid buffer to raise the pH for Africans.īut is it reef safe? Yes! Reef aquarists have had very good success using Imagitarium in nano and pico reef aquariums. This sand can be used with African cichlids, but it won’t raise or buffer the pH. This is a plus, proving the sand is inert and won’t change the parameters in your aquarium. There have been no reports of the sand altering water hardness, alkalinity or pH. Soft-bellied tropicals, like loaches and Corys will be able to rest on the sand without scratching their skin. Fan shrimp will have no problem walking around of a bed of this sand. The sand is smooth and easily sifted by Amano, cherry and other clawed shrimp. Imagitarium black sand is ideal for freshwater shrimp tanks. Specialty sand will raise the pH and are best suited for African cichlid aquariums. Some sands are pH neutral, having no effect on water chemistry. In low-oxygen conditions plant nutrients, especially trace elements, are transformed into a form that plants can take in through the roots.

Live plants also thrive in the low-oxygen conditions in a sandy substrate. The nutrients will tend to stay in the sand bed and not dissolve into the aquarium water and stimulate algae growth. This is ideal when adding solid fertilizers around plant roots. The tightly packed grains don’t allow a lot of water flow through the substrate. The tiny grains surround the roots and anchor the plants. Live plants seem to do best with a sand-like substrate. If you want your tank to look more natural, sand is the way to go.

Others like to excavate a “nest” for egg-laying. Some species will grab mouthfuls of sand, sifting it for food. Many tropical fish like to rest on the smooth sand. Tropical rivers, lakes and streams normally have a sandy bottom consisting of fine sand. Many freshwater aquarists like the look of a small-sized substrate.

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