Aqua Natural Aquarium Substrate, Galaxy Sand, 20lb

Sand comes fairly clean with little rinsing required. Nice fine texture and deep shimmery black color. Looks fantastic with my sieryu stone.

Compared to other aquarium sands I’ve used, this one stands out for how clean it arrives and how even the grain size is. The black color is deep and looks excellent once submerged. Minimal rinsing needed and no sharp edges, which is important for fish. It was easy to shape for aquascaping and stays put once placed. For the price, this is a great value and performs better than many similar substrates.

Beautiful. Never done a sand aquarium before, so decided to do it right. This black sand is very nice! 24 hours and most the dust has settled already. Looking forward to adding bright colored shrimp in a few weeks, once the biology settles in.

Rinse before use, but overall it’s fairly clean. Will cloud your tank but this is normal. Allow a few hours to clear if you have a good filtration system. Beautiful sand, makes the tank colors pop and the little sparkles gets the attention of my curious shrimp! They love it, and my fish do too! Great quality, safe for fish and shrimp! Good weight too

Took forever to get here! I did order two bags and I believe the label or package got destroyed during delivery and caused it to take longer. However- back to the sand! I high recommend you wash it 2-3x it honestly made it a difference and was barely cloudy! Looks great too! I added a photo so you can see what washing the sand did. It’s the top tank.

Worked well. Needed something that would be better for the snails in our tank than gravel.

I originally only got this sand for the plants I have coming in, BUT, it was practically so pitch black with shimmers of gold, silver, and white specks, I’m getting off track, but it goes great for their sinking foods, won’t have to worry about it leftover food in the tank any longer Really makes bright fish pop even more, and hopefully this will help my plecos keep their dark colors, love it all around. It did take a good while to clean, and I still did not clean it enough, stood for a good hour and a half. I was also clearing all the water out of the tank, saved over half the original tank water in buckets with the fish and plants. Water is cleared up of majority of the debris within 5 hours, I’m sure by the morning time it will be completely clear. And there’s so many people getting different colors in their rocks, I guess you just gotta cross your fingers, and hope you get one that you like. Seen somebody got a bunch of brown in theirs, some had red, and others were just multicolored.

This is a picture from today. I bought this back in August of 2024, and it's still holding up great! After the first few initial rinses (as you're supposed to do), the water has never been cloudy. The color of the sand still looks new. It does not clog up the filter. It's safe to use with aquatic turtles. My only complaint is that it leaves some black substance on a few surfaces, such as the leftmost artificial plant in the photo. If you use more non-porous decoration, you'll be fine.

Me gustó aunque aun no termino el Montaje, pero creo será bueno. Solo no me agrada que la envíen en un empaque distinto del que publican y me hizo dudar que fuera original. Desconozco por qué el cambio.

Good sand. Requires washing as do all. Nice dark colour.

My fish and shrimp approve and I'm beyond happy with this substrate. The Galaxy Sand has a fantastic deep black color that makes the greens of my Java Ferns and Anubias absolutely pop. It provides a sleek, professional look that completely transformed the aesthetic of my tank. I gave it a really good rinsing before using, the water still got a little brownish colored, but it was clear the next morning.

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Incredible sand! Pure black and sparkles in the light. Super fine so my corys are loving it. Didn’t need any washing and goes a LONG way! I used 2 x 20lb bags in a 180L but would have got away with 1 and a bit