Is caribsea hawaiian black sand really that bad?

[_cpate3_]

I am currently in the planning process of my seahorse biocube and love the idea of black sand as its stated to make the colors of the seahorses more vibrant and stand out. However, looking into it more it seems that it contains lots of iron which is toxic to fish and corals. The tank will be mostly macro algae and some gorgonians down the line, along with 1 pair of seahorses and MAYBE a goby for the uneaten food. Is black sand really that bad for fish as I do not want to set up the tank and then kill the seahorses in 1 go

 

[Raptor72]

There’s a few good threads on this already. I would suggest a search for black sand. I’ll see if I can find the link to the most prominent one.

Thread 'CaribSea Hawaiian Black Sand Can Poison Your Tank'
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/caribsea-hawaiian-black-sand-can-poison-your-tank.726493/

 

[Outlaw Corals]

I’ll never try to use black sand again, the one time I did try it what a nightmare I had, I had nothing but problems from the start with that build. My water parameters were so far out of whack, and I just couldn’t get anything in proper range like they say don’t take anything out of Hawaii. It’s cursed.

 

[krollins]

It is magnetic and can scrape your glass when using a magnetic algae scrapper

 

[_cpate3_]

I’ll never try to use black sand again, the one time I did try it what a nightmare I had, I had nothing but problems from the start with that build. My water parameters were so far out of whack, and I just couldn’t get anything in proper range like they say don’t take anything out of Hawaii. It’s cursed.

Makes sense, and with such delicate creatures don’t want to risk anything

 

[_cpate3_]

There’s a few good threads on this already. I would suggest a search for black sand. I’ll see if I can find the link to the most prominent one.

Thread 'CaribSea Hawaiian Black Sand Can Poison Your Tank'
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/caribsea-hawaiian-black-sand-can-poison-your-tank.726493/

Oh awesome thank you!!!