Mga green apple/newbie and wet behind the ears kami

[manmarine]

[hermit]

[jolt26]

really? may aragonite sand sa pilipinas?! pakiconfirm, at dadayuhin ko yan.

[chonglai]

hermit can you post a pic of your aragonite sand? baka ung sugar fine na coral sand din yan na nabibili sa cartimar?

[manmarine]

[mr_aquarium398]

[apol]

[audioactive08]

[jolt26]

[hermit]

[hermit]

yan po yung aragonite sand, pasensya kung hindi masyadong maganda kuha, phone lang at mms pa sa email ehehehe, nagloloko na pc at hindi na kayang basahin card reader ko baka sa cafe bagsak ko nito huhuhuhuhuh


eto yung mas malalaking butil

he gets them from a supplier and says its aragonite, he hasn't lied to me yet so i have a tendency to believe. at least he may THINK its aragonite, kayo na po humusga. Yung bentesingko para sa size reference and color reference.

[chonglai]

the bigger butils look like pebbles lang. the smaller particles..medyo blurry. pero mukhang coral sand din. mga sers like fugu, jimsar, juncelis....is this aragonite sand yung smaller particles? pag aragonite to. dayo kami dyan pre baka pwede kuha mas malinaw ?

[BlasterPogi]

ano bang meron sa aragonite sand na yun? pd po paki explain, nahihiwagaan po kasi ako bat ganon kayo ka interesado. tnx

[jolt26]

"Many different minerals have identical chemical formulas but wildly different properties. Example: would your wife rather have a piece of pencil lead or a diamond for her birthday? Both are carbon but with a different crystal structure. Aragonite is an orthorhombic crystal and calcite is rhobehedral. This means they have a different arrangement of atoms giving them different properties of density, solubility, hardness, etc. They also tend to incorporate different trace elements, based on what best fits into their different crystal structures. Aragonite will substitute larger atoms such as strontium. Calcite grabs magnesium and iron. Aragonite's properties are much more beneficial in a closed system. - Rick Greenfield

Aragonite is quite rough, angular and chipped looking in comparison to most other bagged crushed coral that is sold, which is usually a bit more rounded on the otherwise sharp edges. Wild live sand is often white calcium carbonate aragonite sand which was eroded right off the coral reef onto the ocean floor.

Dissolvability of the substrate for calcium and trace element supplementation is what becomes my deciding factor on which sand substrate to use. You would still choose aragonite live sand for the most complete functionality."

If what you have right now is not aragonite sand (and I don't think it is), ok lang yan, magagamit pa rin. yung fine ang gamitin nyo, wag yung pebbles.

[hermit]