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Arag-Alive Special Grade Reef Sand

SKU: CS-790

Beautiful marine substrate packed with millions of heterotrophic, autotrophic, and chemolithotrophic bacteria. Huge beneficial bacteria population aids in waste reduction and dramatically reduces cycling time in new setups.

  • Contains live bacteria to assist with a faster cycle.
  • Grain size: 1-2mm.
  • Most popular size for reef sand.
  • High Surface Area for Bacteria.
  • Great choice for new aquarists.
Bring the world’s most exotic reefs into your home

You can now bring the world’s most exotic reefs into your home with CaribSea’s Arag-Alive!™ substrates. Eight environmentally accurate ecoscapes, developed through CaribSea’s cooperation with public aquariums and zoological parks where authenticity is a must, Arag-Alive!™ makes any aquarium uniquely yours. Arag-Alive!™ makes it easy to set up an aquarium. It’s ready to work, clears quickly, and contains millions of live bacteria to cycle super fast and create a natural biological balance.

Arag-Alive!™ suppresses the dreaded “new tank syndrome”, compresses the ammonia cycle, and discourages nuisance algae. In fact, independent labs prove Arag-Alive!™ cycles days faster than other brands of live sand. That’s what makes Arag-Alive!™ the choice of new aquarists and maintenance companies where speed of set up, beauty, and reliability are demanded.

Key Benefits of Arag-Alive Special Grade Reef Sand

Made from authentic live aragonite reef sand to naturally re-create actual marine environments in your home aquarium. Biologically and mineralogically complete formula is proven to reduce nitrates and algal growth, speed the cure of live rocks, and promote coral growth.

With millions of water purifying bacteria per pound that start to cycle a new aquarium as soon as you pour it in, with no rinsing. Helps suppress new tank syndrome, compress ammonia cycles, and maintain a proper pH of 8.2 without adding extra chemicals or needing to be replaced.

Packed in real seawater and loaded with naturally occurring calcium, strontium and carbonate for healthy coral growth, with no silica or chemical preservatives.

Arag-Alive Special Grade Reef Sand - Product Information

Beautiful marine substrate packed with millions of heterotrophic, autotrophic, and chemolithotrophic bacteria. Huge beneficial bacteria population aids in waste reduction and dramatically reduces cycling time in new setups. Use alone or to kick-start existing substrate bed.

Arag-Alive is specially engineered to suppress “new tank syndrome” and compress the ammonia cycle. It’s like having a nitrite and nitrate filter, ammonia reducer, and a high-capacity biological filter for your marine aquarium. Includes Bio-Magnet clarifier to clear water fast and enhance biological efficiency. Arag-Alive marine substrates contain aragonite, a source of calcium, carbonate, and beneficial trace elements to, naturally maintain proper pH without the constant addition of chemicals.

– This coarse sand is 100% aragonite and has excellent diffusive properties.
– A very versatile product, use in deep or shallow beds.
– A significant denitrator when utilized in deeper beds or plenum systems.
– Beautiful aragonite substrate for all types of marine aquariums.
– Contains millions of beneficial marine bacteria to enhance biological filtration.
– Choose the style that’s right for your particluar marine aquarium setup.

Ingredients:

Biogenic Aragonite and Other Marine Carbonates Greater Than 99%. Comprised of Aragonite Coated Grains, Ooids, Halimeda Incrassata, Halimeda Favulosa, Goniolithon SSP, Lithothamnium SSP, Cerithidae SSP (Gastropod Mollusk), Benthic Foraminifera SSP, Homotrema Rubrum Pelecypoda (Bivalve Mollusk), Echinoderm Fragments.

Size:

Typical Sand Size: 0.5 – 1.5MM, Average Density: 90 lbs per cubic foot

Sub Brand

Marine Substrate