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product_id: 18128562
title: "ACS00930 Aragamax Sand for Aquarium, 30-Pound"
brand: "carib sea"
price: "€ 429.45"
currency: EUR
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reviews_count: 13
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# 100% aragonite purity 30-pound bulk pack Made in the USA quality ACS00930 Aragamax Sand for Aquarium, 30-Pound

**Brand:** carib sea
**Price:** € 429.45
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🌟 Elevate your aquarium’s ecosystem with reef-ready Aragamax Sand!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** ACS00930 Aragamax Sand for Aquarium, 30-Pound by carib sea
- **How much does it cost?** € 429.45 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.es](https://www.desertcart.es/products/18128562-acs00930-aragamax-sand-for-aquarium-30-pound)

## Best For

- carib sea enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted carib sea brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Proudly American:** Crafted in the USA for trusted quality and consistency.
- • **Natural Reef Vibes:** Recreate authentic reef environments with premium aragonite sand.
- • **pH Perfect Balance:** Supports and stabilizes healthy aquarium pH levels effortlessly.
- • **Bulk Supply Advantage:** Generous 30-pound pack ensures long-lasting substrate coverage.
- • **Versatile Habitat Builder:** Ideal for refugiums, deep sand beds, and low flow tanks.

## Overview

Carib Sea ACS00930 Aragamax Sand is a 30-pound, 100% aragonite substrate designed to replicate natural reef environments. Perfect for refugiums, deep sand beds, and low flow tanks, it supports stable pH levels and is proudly made in the USA, ensuring premium quality for your aquatic habitat.

## Description

Carib Sea ACS00930 Aragamax Sand for Aquarium, 30-Pound

Review: Fine. It's sand. It's fine sand. It's fine, fine sand. In fact it's fine fine, fine sand. Whatever. I like it. - A very nice fine, white sand (the online picture looks much pinker than it actually is, at least on my screens.) I use it in multiple tanks with medium-to-deep sandbeds. It's not so bright that it pulls your eyes to it yet gives a very nice contrast to dark rocks, desired algae and colorful corals. With a deep sandbed you will definitely see the various colors of the underlying algae against the glass or acrylic. I prefer a very natural look and I'm very pleased with it. My burrowing starfish and snails also enjoy it; easy to "sink" in to and no sharp edges. Creatures that actually try to create burrows will have a challenge...but hey, what else do they have to do? Its pretty enjoyable watching shrimp, gobies and pods do constant home maintenance instead of doing some myself. Cons(?) 1. Any significant flow over or at it WILL move it around. But as long as you’re not limited to pushing high flow low in the tank, then once it's settled it's no problem. I set up the rockwork and use a varying speed pump in one tank to intentionally give some slight sand movement in little pockets and it adds to the look. 2. if you and/or your clean-up-crew are not diligent, built-up detritus will stand out. Not sure this is a con as long as you're good about tank maintenance. 3. The ony "real" con in my book: you dont HAVE to rinse it...but, if not, expect complete cloudiness for a number of days. I do give it a fairly thorough rinse and I still end up with cloudiness for a number of hours. But see below. Suggestion: if you want to be precise where the sand goes and almost eliminate the cloudiness issue, - get a gravel cleaner that is approximately as long as your tank is deep - remove the tubing so you have just the gravel cleaner tube and the cap that attaches to the tubing. Make sure the cap is on tightly. - turn it upside down and let it fill with water so that you're not fighting bouancy - depending on the diameter of the tube you can either scoop the sand directly in to it or use a funnel - the sand will exit slowly through the hole in the cap. Move the tube around and use it like icing a cake. Its a slow process but the sand goes where you want it - the remaining cloudiness will stay in the tube. If you remove the tube right away you'll still get some cloudiness in the tank. Or you can leave the tube in the tank a few hours and most of what is causing the cloudiness will eventualy sink. - Orrrrr...if you're in a position to do so and feeling brave, cover the top of the tube to create a vacuum. Lift the tube, cloudy water and all, out of the tank. Just be sure to have somewhere close by to dispose of cloudy water.
Review: Perfect sand for my tank - I just recently converted from 55 gallon saltwater tank to a 125 gallon. I purchased 4 bags of this sand. It gave me about 1.5-2 inches of sand bed. I think it will work out just great. My fish don't seem to have a problem with it. I plan on getting some sand dwelling creatures soon. I switched from crushed coral to this sand. It was dirty as hell which is as expected when you buy sand. Especially descent priced sand. Just pour it into a 5 gallon bucket and use your hose to stir and keep stirring. Dump out the cloudy water and stir again. I'd say I did a total of about 15 stir/pours from each bucket until I got tired of doing it. I only took about 24 hours for the water to clear perfectly. I had two penguin 350's running overnight to help clean it. I won't mark off a star for sand not being perfectly clean. I have never seen clean sand. You always wash it.

## Features

- re-create natural reef environments
- 100% aragonite supports healthy ph
- great for refugiums , deep sand beds and low flow tanks
- made in the USA

## Images

![ACS00930 Aragamax Sand for Aquarium, 30-Pound - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71O2+Lsy0KL.jpg)

## Questions & Answers

**Q: my water is cloudy all the time. sand is like powder. fish kick the sand up and cloud the water. I have a canister filter rated above the size of the tank.  what can I do. i'm really sorry I bought 120 lbs of this sugar fine sand.**
A: You need to rinse the sand before putting it in your tank.  I have no issues with cloudiness in my tank and my flow rate is high (2 powerheads in a 12g nano tank - both ~160 gph).

**Q: Is it ok to use for freshwater?**
A: Absolutely..It might mess with the water chemistry a little.. as in keeping pH, GH, KH slightly high.. but nothing to devastating for the average freshwater fish (unless you're keeping discus)Would love to know what fish you're planning on keeping ~

**Q: Difficult to tell from the picture.  Is this sand bright white or a bit offcolor?**
A: Depends on the lights you have in your tank.  When you just look at the sand in the bag it appears light brown.  But for instance under my old metal halides and current LED's it appears bright white.  I would guess if you were running like 2700k fluorescents it might like somewhat off white.

**Q: Grain size?**
A: Yep, really fine. Great for low flow/current or base layer, or fuge. Otherwise ho with their Pink Fiji. Little more heft, yet still feel need enough for sand sifters

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fine. It's sand. It's fine sand. It's fine, fine sand. In fact it's fine fine, fine sand. Whatever. I like it.
*by H***E on March 21, 2015*

A very nice fine, white sand (the online picture looks much pinker than it actually is, at least on my screens.) I use it in multiple tanks with medium-to-deep sandbeds. It's not so bright that it pulls your eyes to it yet gives a very nice contrast to dark rocks, desired algae and colorful corals. With a deep sandbed you will definitely see the various colors of the underlying algae against the glass or acrylic. I prefer a very natural look and I'm very pleased with it. My burrowing starfish and snails also enjoy it; easy to "sink" in to and no sharp edges. Creatures that actually try to create burrows will have a challenge...but hey, what else do they have to do? Its pretty enjoyable watching shrimp, gobies and pods do constant home maintenance instead of doing some myself. Cons(?) 1. Any significant flow over or at it WILL move it around. But as long as you’re not limited to pushing high flow low in the tank, then once it's settled it's no problem. I set up the rockwork and use a varying speed pump in one tank to intentionally give some slight sand movement in little pockets and it adds to the look. 2. if you and/or your clean-up-crew are not diligent, built-up detritus will stand out. Not sure this is a con as long as you're good about tank maintenance. 3. The ony "real" con in my book: you dont HAVE to rinse it...but, if not, expect complete cloudiness for a number of days. I do give it a fairly thorough rinse and I still end up with cloudiness for a number of hours. But see below. Suggestion: if you want to be precise where the sand goes and almost eliminate the cloudiness issue, - get a gravel cleaner that is approximately as long as your tank is deep - remove the tubing so you have just the gravel cleaner tube and the cap that attaches to the tubing. Make sure the cap is on tightly. - turn it upside down and let it fill with water so that you're not fighting bouancy - depending on the diameter of the tube you can either scoop the sand directly in to it or use a funnel - the sand will exit slowly through the hole in the cap. Move the tube around and use it like icing a cake. Its a slow process but the sand goes where you want it - the remaining cloudiness will stay in the tube. If you remove the tube right away you'll still get some cloudiness in the tank. Or you can leave the tube in the tank a few hours and most of what is causing the cloudiness will eventualy sink. - Orrrrr...if you're in a position to do so and feeling brave, cover the top of the tube to create a vacuum. Lift the tube, cloudy water and all, out of the tank. Just be sure to have somewhere close by to dispose of cloudy water.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Perfect sand for my tank
*by J***N on September 16, 2013*

I just recently converted from 55 gallon saltwater tank to a 125 gallon. I purchased 4 bags of this sand. It gave me about 1.5-2 inches of sand bed. I think it will work out just great. My fish don't seem to have a problem with it. I plan on getting some sand dwelling creatures soon. I switched from crushed coral to this sand. It was dirty as hell which is as expected when you buy sand. Especially descent priced sand. Just pour it into a 5 gallon bucket and use your hose to stir and keep stirring. Dump out the cloudy water and stir again. I'd say I did a total of about 15 stir/pours from each bucket until I got tired of doing it. I only took about 24 hours for the water to clear perfectly. I had two penguin 350's running overnight to help clean it. I won't mark off a star for sand not being perfectly clean. I have never seen clean sand. You always wash it.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great sand
*by T***K on August 29, 2022*

My fish love this sand and the tank looks wonderful! Take your time cleaning the sand again and again and again and then one more time till everything is out and you will be with clear water in less then a day

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*Last updated: 2026-03-15*