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Hi all. . . . .

I have been considering for sometime of switching from pea sized
gravel to 1-3 inches of fine sand. It is a 50 gallon long tank with 1
oscar, 4 giant danios, 1 plec, and 1 dragon fish (which would love to
burrow in the sand.) The pet store only has sal****er and Aragamax
Sand. What is exactly Aragamax Sand? Is it intended for FRESHWATER
tanks? Does it contain salt? Would my box filter suck it all up? BTW,
I don't have a UGF installed. Thanks in advance!

My guess is that it has aragonite (argonite?) in it, so it's intended to
boost and stabilize your water at higher pH, gH and kH for African
cichlids.

It would not have salt, and your powerfilter would probably not bother it
once the sand had levelled and hunkered down (of course, anything digging
in it might throw it up at the filter's intake, and then it start
collecting in the filter).

Check out other sources for sand (quarry, sandblasting supplies etc).
Home Reno places also carry sand, but it's quite fine. You really want
something with a bigger grain size.

NetMax