[ukipounda]

Lapis lustre? is that brand good? im asking because here in hawaii are fish stores are really limited and yeah. i asked if they sold sand and they sold that brand called "lapis lustre". the lady said "its a type of silica sand", is it good for malawi cichlids and also does anyone have a pic of the sand in a tank?

heres a pic of the bag of sand.
http://i34.tinypic.com/108h4ba.jpg

 

[Joea]

Sand is sand... as long as it's not sharp when you pinch it between your fingers or fine enough to constantly cloud your tank and get into your filters, it's fine.

You can find numerous setups in the YOUR TANKS section that have sand as substrate. Click on "my tanks" below to see some.