I have black sand in my aquarium bought at the lfs. I think it was called Black Diamond and was $10 for the small size bag. It’s very fine and my corys love it.
I am familiar with the product. A big bag came with my betta, a used system I found on Craigslist. This is a blasting medium. Not sure, it may be quartz. I understand axies ingest some substrate while eating, so I have concerns. No idea if they’re valid. I also use Black Diamond for my albino cory cats.
Thanks, I will google it.
Yes, too similar in color to the pale pink axies.
These guys stay on the substrate most of the time, so looking for contrast
Appears to be a UK product. Per quick Google. A type of black gravel comes up at Petco for US. Hearing gravel not good for axies.
See what comes up with Limpopo sand, there may be a different manufacturer, failing that some dark play sand will do, one of the more natural dark colours....just ensure its washed really really well before putting it into the aquarium and if doing it with the Axies in-situ, get a 2 litre water bottle, wash out really well, cut the bottom off, turn upside down into the water and hover what was the neck of the bottle over the bottom about 2" off and very very slowly pour the sand through the bottle. It should cut the clouding down to almost zero
