Arag-Alive Indo-Pacific Black Sand is not compatable with an African cichlid
tank. The bags contains marine bacteria, not the beneficial freshwater
bacteria that you need for a African-lake tank setup. Give up the $27 dollar
bags in exchange for the $16 bags.


"Kay-Bee" wrote in message
nk.net...
Recently ordered several 20lbs bags of Eco-Complete African Cichlid
Substrate (the sand variety) ...I'll be setting up a 125-gallon tank in
the near future for Yellow Lab, Acei and Socolofi.

Well, they seemingly sent me CaribSea's Indo-Pacific black Arag-Alive
aragonite reef sand ("with natural and selected marine bacteria") by
mistake (not sure if it was an intentional substitute as it's sold at
practically twice the price of the Eco-complete in their catalog).

This is my first time using sand as a substrate. Any idea if this
partiular marine sand (apparently intended for marine and reef aquariums
and packed in water) will be compatible with Malawi lake cichlids
(specifically for the aforementioned species)?

kaybee