(Video) Caribsea Sand Black Hawaiian - Comparison with other sand

[Aqua Splendor]

Hello,
I bought a bag of caribsea black sand Hawaiian for my nano project and I wanted to show you what it look like, I haven't seen anyone making a comparison like this so I hope this will give you an idea.
I'm currently waiting for a ICP test and once I receive it I will publish the results with you

 

[Aqua Splendor]

Alright I just receive some news about this:

#1 The bag I bought was mislabeled and it was the Info Pacific Sand that is discontinued
#2 I receive my ICP test and ...

I don't feel comfortable putting SPS/LPS in my tank with some of those concentration, some of them are fine and can get depleted with algae and other but stuff like nickel, manganese (super high), Silicon, worry me a lot

tagging @Randy Holmes-Farley for opinion, and if anyone have input, feedback on this let me know.

Small stuff but:
- My salinity is set at 20ppt for cycling
- Tropic Marin Reef Pro salt
- Seachem Matrix for bio media
- Keep in mind this is a mix of the "black Hawaiian" (Info Pacific) and Eco-Complete sand from Caribsea

 

[jokerman826]

This is why i wont use black sand again. There is too much crap in it. I had one tank that i put black sand in and had uncontrollable GHA issues. once i removed the sand, the GHA went away.