• Michelle1505

Theresa5149

Off-topic psychedelic picture...

Hannah

This is an exhibition aquarium. The stone is most likely artificial, and the sand is black quartz. It won't last long like this. And where exactly have you seen black live rocks in the sea? Live rocks are the skeletons of hard corals, and they cannot be black.

Darlene4238

Black sand for the sea is 100% available for sale (if you really need it, I can look for it). Black stones - you can consider those from the Black Sea (for example) or the Mediterranean (with all their pros and cons). But this will NOT be classic live rock (L.R.) or dry reef rock (D.R.R.) in the sense that everyone is used to - just consider it as a SUBSTRATE.

Katherine

Try to order it. Here are some links about the soil, take a look. No, better not, gravel, pebbles, crushed stone, it's all not right and you won't see success. Especially if you want black quartz or basalt. They are usually neutral and very heavy, but I won't go into detail about that here. Google it and read. There's no accounting for taste. Try it if you like.

Justin9867

Thank you all so much for the responses, I will Google and study.

Emily

I saw black sand in Airif.

Anthony7814

This is not reef rock and perlite, but volcanic... Friends were vacationing in Hawaii, and I personally saw photos of beaches with black sand. Naturally, this sand is of volcanic origin, and the stones too... As for what will live there or not, I'm not very knowledgeable yet...

Brooke

That's right! Such sand is offered by CaribSea. An aquarium like the one in the video will live without problems... P.S. In ireef, such sand is used in the shark tank and in the aquarium for Ricordea. Very unusual...

Jonathon8514

I really wanted to have such sand for myself, but either someone advised against it back then, or Den did—apparently, everything shows up on it((( it couldn't be worse.