Aqua Natural Sugar White Sand Bio-Substrate 5lb for Aquariums, Sand seeded with Start up bio-Active nitrifying Bacteria

Whoever thought of this is a genius! Easy to get out of the bag and into the tank, high quality, super soft and perfect grain size, and the color is super nice and natural looking! But the fact that it has the beneficial bacteria defiantly makes it 100% worth the money! It's perfect for getting the nitrogen cycle started in a new tank and I would recommend it to anyone, beginner or experienced! I actually already ordered more. (Also, just spend the extra 2 bucks for 10pounds of it, 5pounds isn't a lot and considering you can get twice the amount for only 2 dollars extra you might as well do it!)

Extremely convenient to use, just take it out of the bag and add it straight to the tank. The quality is excellent: very soft texture, ideal grain size, and a beautiful, natural-looking color. By far the best substrate I've used. It comes pre-moistened, so you can pour it right in, and any cloudiness clears up really quick. I combined the white sand with fine gravel for a realistic look in my 5-gallon tank. Works perfectly!

The first picture was after I put the sand in my new tank after 2 hours.The second picture was when I woke up the morning after. Crystal clear!Beautiful white sand with no cloudiness. Love itI got 4, 5 pound bags for my 20 gallon tank. Gave me a nice 1 inch to 1.5 of sand.

Great product but had problems with shipping. The first time the package got damaged, then it got lost, and then it took extra time to come. So expect it to take a while.About 5-6 bags covered the ground of my 55 gallon aquarium. But I'm pretty happy with it! It was easy to use, it's soft, clean and looks great!

I used a bag of this about 2 months ago when I started my freshwater aquarium. I have mixed substrate but the sand is at the front. My aquarium cycled well enough to start adding fish relatively quickly. I had no problem with it and like the white color.

First of all, I bought both a bag of Sugar White (it's not really white, more of an "off-white") and a bag of black for a 10-gallon Fluval Flex that was going to be planted and housing an exotic imported male Betta. Upon opening the bag of black I found it was already very wet so depositing it towards the back half of the tank was no problem and it was easy to "landscape". I then proceeded to do the same with the white sand which covered the front of the tank.I added the water VERY carefully and repeatedly by the soda cup full onto a plate that I placed sitting on the sand (took about half an hour by the time the tank was about full, but I didn't want to risk stirring it up and clouding the water), and sure enough, doing it this way there was absolutely no cloudiness! Will be adding some dragon rock and driftwood and spider wood to which I will have previously superglued anubias petit and then adding my background and foreground plants.I've always shied away from using sand substrate due to the potential of clouding the water when the water is added on top of the sand but using this particular sand and adding water slowly and carefully as described above there was absolutely no clouding! If you want to give your tank a different appearance, so long as you take your time adding the water to the tank, I will definitely recommend this substrate.If you are aquascaping a 10-gallon tank you will need two bags because 1 bag will only be sufficient for a 5-gallon tank. The photo shows the 2-zone effect that I created - forgive all the air bubbles on the front glass as I had only just added the water; they will dissipate with the next 24 hours.

I use this substrate for my second 40 gal tank, love it, plants growing in it nicely and cycling is easy.

Looks so natural