Black gravel that floats!

[OhNo123]

Don't buy products of Este's. They make aquarium gravel and sand. I bought a bag of black gravel today. Small bag and half the gravel floats. You have to poke the gravel for them to sink. Horrible! Just a warning for those planning on buying gravel from them.

 

[jpappy789]

Weird.

 

[12 Volt Man]

it will sink. don't worry.

estes is the best.

but the gravel is porous and what you are seeing is trapped air that causes the gravel to float when it hits the water..

in a day or so it should be down to the bottom.

 

[jpappy789]

it will sink. don't worry.

estes is the best.

but the gravel is porous and what you are seeing is trapped air that causes the gravel to float when it hits the water..

in a day or so it should be down to the bottom.

Sorry for the "weird" post, that's not helpful of me, I got sidetracked

But I completely agree with the above, which was what I was going to say but forgot:wall:

 

[Firebelly__girl]

just poke it all.... just get something and push it all down at once and it will go down,even if it floats back up just wait a little while

 

[jpd1821]

I have had other brands do the same thing.... they all eventually go down.

 

[ThePBM]

wow someone's quick to judge an awesome product.

 

[chunkoblue]

Is porous gravel better because it can house more beneficial bacteria?

 

[OhNo123]

wow someone's quick to judge an awesome product.

sorry, most of it sank, but my friend who bought Este's sand is in trouble. The sand is stuck on airbubbles making them black airbubbles!

 

[jpappy789]

My sand was like that too but it settled down after a couple of days...did he rinse it? You can never rinse too much...