black beauty

[minifoot77]

has anyone personally used black beauty for substrate? i sent a couple of pm's to people about 3m colorquarts with no response yet... i can get black beauty about anywhere but was unsure if it would have ill effects in a fish tank... i'd still like to get the 3m but bb would be easier to aquire...

thanks in advance,
Caleb

 

[DonkeyFish]

Hi, not sure if you've heard from anyone yet about the 3M... I'm not familiar with "Black Beauty", do you have a link or possibly manufacturer or brand name and we can maybe help you more?

Also what are your goals for the tank? Would you like to keep plants? Are you looking for a sandy substrate? As much info as you can give us would be great... we'll be able to give you a better answer!

 

[longstocking]

3m is black beauty Same stuff. Different companies use different names... then there are different grades etc. They just make it all confusing !!

Let me see what I can do Caleb.... I have 100 lbs... but 50 is spoken for.

 

[crazyclowntang]

3m is black beauty Same stuff. Different companies use different names... then there are different grades etc. They just make it all confusing !!

Let me see what I can do Caleb.... I have 100 lbs... but 50 is spoken for.

Sarah I was not able to make it to the last meeting. I was gonna get 50lbs from you, I still want some but I will not be going up there till the the September meeting If you still have some by then I'll tank 50lbs

 

[minifoot77]

i thought black beauty was basically welding slag... and i'd love about 50lbs of 3m otherwise clarks up on 136 has lots of black beauty blasting sand.... how much you want for it?

 

[ingg]

Black Beauty is NOT the same thing (or even in the same ballpark) as Colorquartz.

One is an intentionally sharp edged, metal oxide filled product used for sandlbasting.

The other is a pure quartz, dyed and fired for color, smooth edged and used for finish projects like pool and spa walls and floors.

You couldn't sandblast with Colorquartz, and you sure wouldn't finish someone's custom pool with Black Beauty.

Google them and read the differences. Get the MSDS sheets to learn what is in them, and read the applications and think about what it means for the particles and sharpness and what have you.

http://www.reedmin.com/why-black-beauty/

http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/ColorQuartz/HomePage/Products/Crystals/

 

[George]

Wasn't there a black beauty in MASH. You don't put those in your tanks?

George

 

[danger_chicken]

Black Beauty is NOT the same thing (or even in the same ballpark) as Colorquartz.

I agree. The stuff you have Sarah isn't 3M. The black is acrtually blacker than 3m. I like it, but it is very different.

 

[longstocking]

I gave out two different types.

My husband used to do sand blasting

Now does concrete... and works with both now lol

Ok he doesn't actually do the work lol... but he yelles at other people to do the work :lol:

 

[minifoot77]

so how much for 50 lbs sara?

 

[longstocking]

It's 20 bucks

 

[bruckerben]

Sarah,

Hi, I am a bit confused, do you access to the 3M Colorquartz?

If so, I would love some!

Thanks,

Ben