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CaribSea Arag-Alive 20 lb Fiji Pink Sand
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Brand | Carib Sea |
Liquid Volume | 16 Fluid Ounces |
Item Weight | 20 Pounds |
Target Species | Fish |
Allergen Information | Buckwheat Free |
About this item
- Functional and beautiful aragonite substrate for all types of marine aquariums
- Contains millions of beneficial marine bacteria to enhance biological filtration
- Many styles to help recreate any marine environment
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liquid volume | 16 fluid ounces | 20 liters | 500 milliliters | 18.41 liters | — | — |
weight | 20 pounds | 20 pounds | 8.5 ounces | 1 pounds | 10 pounds | 1 pounds |
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Product details
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Product Dimensions : 18 x 12 x 2 inches; 20 Pounds
- Item model number : 792
- Department : Unisex-Adult
- Date First Available : October 2, 2001
- Manufacturer : Carib Sea
- ASIN : B00025YVGC
- Country of Origin : USA
- Best Sellers Rank: #8,193 in Pet Supplies (See Top 100 in Pet Supplies)
- #4 in Aquarium Sand
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Product Description
You can now bring the world's most exotic reefs into your home with CaribSea's Arag-Alive substrates. It is developed from CaribSea's cooperation with public aquariums and zoological parks, where authenticity is a must. Arag-Alive helps maintain a proper pH for the life of your aquarium without the constant addition of chemicals, and creates a biological balance to discourage nuisance algae. Arag-Alive contains millions of bacteria per pound specially engineered for aggressive waste reduction in closed systems like your aquarium. Arag-Alive is engineered to suppress “new tank syndrome†and compress the ammonia cycle. It begins to cycle your aquarium instantly. In fact, independent labs prove Arag-Alive cycles your aquarium days faster than other brands.
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Pour the bag contents into the tank before water is added. Remove the clarifier packet inside and pour the clarifier in once the water had been added.
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Customers like the sand quality, ease of cleaning, and appearance of the aquarium pond water treatment. For example, they mention it's a relatively fine grain sanitizer that clears up quickly. They appreciate the uniform size and the white color. Customers are also impresseded with the quality, value, and bacteria. Opinions are mixed on the cloudiness.
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Customers like the sand. They say it's gorgeous, and the quality is beautiful. Some customers also say it is the best sanitizer they can buy, and perfect for a saltwater or reef tank. Overall, customers are happy with the ad.
"...be noticeable but honestly you don’t really see them and the overall sand is gorgeous, exactly what I’ve been looking for and I wish I’d always used..." Read more
"...there for a couple weeks now and they’re doing very well and the sand looks nice." Read more
"...Up til now, the sand is usually pretty clean and uniform. Even though this is "live" sand, I always rinse it thoroughly to remove the cloudiness...." Read more
"Great sand" Read more
Customers are satisfied with the quality of the aquarium pond water treatment. They mention that it works well for their reef tank and that they have not had any issues with it.
"...juvenile star Sapphire’s in there for a couple weeks now and they’re doing very well and the sand looks nice." Read more
"...It should work well in the tank and it’s a lot. I didn’t read the label and was surprised the sand came packaged wet in sea water...." Read more
"...Has a nice color and varied grain sizes. 3 bags worked well in my 75 gallon tank. It did take 2 days for the water to clear up...." Read more
"...Similar to the grain size of the sand at a beach, this stuff is nice and fine but isn't so fine that it blows around easily or compacts like dusty/..." Read more
Customers like the appearance of the aquarium pond water treatment. They say it looks beautiful, has a very light color, and is great in a saltwater tank.
"...It’s a very light color, pretty much white, and on the finer side but doesn’t blow around easily, and the size is pretty consistent throughout...." Read more
"...pink stickers placed over top, but mine came printed on the bag and looks great." Read more
"I love this stuff, it's been my favorite for over a decade - great color, ideal grain size, not either dust or fine gravel...." Read more
"...4” of sand along the bottom glass ... and it’s just so pretty to look at thru the glass...." Read more
Customers appreciate the value of the aquarium pond water treatment. They mention it's a great live sand for the price.
"no complaints here its a great value and was enough for my 20 gallon nano tank...." Read more
"Great product & great price!" Read more
"...lifespan is great for cycling so I had to go with this one in an amazing price for a 20 pounds" Read more
"...This one has a shipping weight of over 21 pounds. It is also priced competitive to what I could buy it in a nearby town." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the size of the aquarium pond water treatment. They mention that the grain size is perfect, uniform, and small enough to look like sand. Some say that the sander has a nice color and varied grain sizes. Overall, most are happy with the product's size.
"...the finer side but doesn’t blow around easily, and the size is pretty consistent throughout...." Read more
"...stuff, it's been my favorite for over a decade - great color, ideal grain size, not either dust or fine gravel...." Read more
"This sand looks good in my tank. Has a nice color and varied grain sizes. 3 bags worked well in my 75 gallon tank...." Read more
"...The Fiji Pink is the perfect grain size that I prefer, doesn’t blow off easily, perfect for snails, crabs, shrimps and worms...." Read more
Customers like the ease of cleaning with the aquarium pond water treatment. For example, they mention it's clean, requires no rinsing, and clears up quick. Some say that the water settled very quickly.
"...The water settled very quickly, within 24 hours it was clear again and that’s without any type of filtration hooked up yet...." Read more
"...If anything, be patient with this sand, no rinsing is needed ... and while I don’t know it yet, I do believe my tank, corals, fish and other tiny..." Read more
"...And it looks beautiful. Its very easy to clean... I clean it with a syphon justas I did my gravel...." Read more
"...there was more sediment that clouded up the water and took several days to get filtered out compared to other brands of sand I have used in the past." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the bacteria in the aquarium pond water treatment. They mention that it contains a lot of healthy bacteria, and nitrifying bacteria. They appreciate that it keeps the bacteria population more robust, and creates algae for their tank. Customers also say that it does not harm the fish or filters.
"...half the ocean in the bag, which is great because it keeps the bacteria population more robust, and my tank seemed to insta-cycle which is even..." Read more
"...No idea how long it would take to balance out again. It claims to contain live bacteria - how much is still alive after a long time in a bag is..." Read more
"...I believe the sand itself contains live beneficial bacteria & does not contain salt so to create the preferred brackish environment..." Read more
"...I wanted the beneficial bacteria. It was very cloudy for a day. No harm to the fish. No harm to the filters. I have a matten filter on one end...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the cloudiness of the aquarium pond water treatment. Some mention that it comes moist and doesn't create too much clouding, while others say that it makes their tank very very cloudy.
"...It is tainting the water cloudy white and I didn’t feel comfortable putting it in the tank yet. I think I might dump it in by my 8th wash...." Read more
"...it’s done a great job in cleaning the tank within 2 days and the cloudiness is gone ... make sure you clean the filter!..." Read more
"...That clarifier makes a huge difference. With out it, tank will stay cloudy for a long time unless you rinse the sand...." Read more
"...you try and add this if you do not rinse it off first it will cloud your tank for days." Read more
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I set up the tank and added 2 fish a couple days later (take that you rotting shrimp cyclers). Of course I had a bottle of Prime on standby, in case there was an ammonia spike. I used Stability per instructions as well for the bacteria.
Like the title says… testing with an API kit and a SeaChem Ammonia disk, I never saw any ammonia! NONE! After a couple of weeks, nitrite started to climb, then of course fell, leading to nitrate.
Not exactly an instant cycle, because I still went through the nitrite phase… but this live sand and stability allowed the tank to start processing the ammonia from day 3.
Disclaimer: I can only assume that the sand was the biggest contributor, since the Stability just puts bacteria in the water so it can’t find surfaces to multiply on. It very well could have been the combo that did the trick.
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It's been just a month now and the CARIB SEA Aragonite alive reef sand seems to have started doing its job perfectly.
I had mixed it with dead sand which it has been slowly turning to live.
The appearance is unique and very appealing.
Pros: It suppressed the new tank syndrome, reduced ammonia, natural filter. The water is clean and crystal clear. The best part provided lots of surface area for bacterial adhesion.
Cons: None
I would recommend this product a must buy for all reef/saltwater tanks.
My tank dimension: 42X16X18 (inches)
FYI: 1 bag was enough to attain a depth of 1.5 inch ( I had mixed it with dead sand. 22lbs Carib sea sand + 7 lbs of Dead sand)
Reviewed in India on September 24, 2020
It's been just a month now and the CARIB SEA Aragonite alive reef sand seems to have started doing its job perfectly.
I had mixed it with dead sand which it has been slowly turning to live.
The appearance is unique and very appealing.
Pros: It suppressed the new tank syndrome, reduced ammonia, natural filter. The water is clean and crystal clear. The best part provided lots of surface area for bacterial adhesion.
Cons: None
I would recommend this product a must buy for all reef/saltwater tanks.
My tank dimension: 42X16X18 (inches)
FYI: 1 bag was enough to attain a depth of 1.5 inch ( I had mixed it with dead sand. 22lbs Carib sea sand + 7 lbs of Dead sand)