#Caribsea aragonite aragamax oolite free

*Note - Separate pics cannot be compared to each other as different zooms were used between shots. The blended mix on the far right I suspect is going to be more fine sand than shown here, but you get the idea. CaribSea tends to be more uniform in size.Īll 4 side by side. At first glance they look almost identical, but as you can see here, Southdown does include some finer particles. Now here's a comparison of the 'New' CaribSea Aragonite vs my existing Southdown sandbed.

#Caribsea aragonite aragamax oolite free

CaribSea Aragonite Fiji Pink Sand is engineered to be free of impurities such as.

'New' CaribSea #00930 vs 'Old' CaribSea #00930. Also known as oolitic sand, this product is ideal for shallower beds. You can see they're virtually the same descriptions, just different labeling.Ģ bags, closeup. Closeup focus went whacko because I made all the sand wet for easy comparison.Ģ bags, side by side. Regardless, I plan to mix the sand together to create a blend of larger and smaller grain sizes, which will hopefully help combat sand storms a bit while having the smaller grain sizes to fill in and prevent detritus traps. I suspect the bag I just bought is more accurate to the description of Sugar Sized Oolite. However, the 30lbs of the SAME labelled sand in PetSmart is different, it's much closer to Southdown consistency. They're all flat pieces and smaller than the stuff actually marketed as crushed coral, but ultimately it's the stuff that sinks straight to the bottom. the 20lbs of sand I already had in this label of bag is more like crushed coral grain size. Went into PetSmart and was surprised to actually find the same stuff I had purchased years ago (CaribSea Aaragonite - Sugar Sized Oolite #00930), only $20 for a 30lb bag. I already had 20# of CaribSea Aragonite - Sugar Sized Oolite #00930 from a few years ago, and I decided to purchase another 30# bag to make a nice inch or two SSB in the display.

When I rebuild my 75g, I'm going to add a fresh sand bed.