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Caribsea Live Bahamas Oolite 20lb

This oolitic sand is ideal for shallower beds, allowing denitrification in as little as 1" depth.

The most friendly to bottom dwelling creatures; its fine grain size can pass easily through the gills of gobys and other sand sifting organisms.

Also an excellent choice for the cultivation of seagrasses (true plants) such as Thallasia species.

Gentle to sharks and rays.

Grain size 0.1 - 1.0 mm.

Product Ref: 028060

Price: £26.67
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CaribSea West Caribbean Reef 20lb

West Caribbean Reef

Grain Size 1.0 - 2.0 mm + shells.

Natural grain sizes incorporates fine sand to rubble size fractions. Interesting texture and colorful natural highlights.

Great for jawfish when used in a deep bed.

Product Ref: 028065

Price: £22.99
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CaribSea Live Special Grade 20lb

Special Grade Reef Sand

Grain Size 1.0 - 2.0 mm.

A revolution in reef-keeping!

This is the one you've been reading about in all the hobbyist publications.

This coarse sand is 100% aragonite and has excellent diffusive properties.

This is the perfect size grain size to use for the plenum-type nitrate reducing beds.

A very versatile product, use in a deep or shallow beds. A significant denitrator when utilized in deeper beds or plenum systems.

Product Ref: 028120

Price: £24.46
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CaribSea Live Fiji Pink 20lb

Fiji Pink

Grain Size 0.5 - 1.5mm

This soft pink colored, 100% aragonite substrate is a good intermediate sand size product.

The precise 0.5 - 1.5mm grain size combines some of the animal friendly properties of fine sand such as ingestability and low resistance to burrowing, but with better diffusive flux properties and good porosity.

This is also the standard choice for reef aquariums at 1 pound per gallon.