Pea Puffer + Anacharis With Aragonite Sand

[Sku11y3]

Made a mistake at the pet shop and accidentally got aragonite sand instead of normal sand. Is this sand safe for pea puffers and anacharis?

[OceanTruth]

I've had anacharis in hard, high pH water before and it does pretty well. Never had a pea puffer before, but I've read they adjust well to it.

The problem I would think is dependent on your water parameters. If you have hard, high pH water, the aragonite will do nothing. If you have soft, low pH water it will raise it. I would return the aragonite if it's the latter if it was me.

[Sku11y3]

Alright, living in Minnesota I have pretty high pH and hard water as it is. I think I was mostly worried about any negative properties the sand would have but maybe it isn't anything significant.

[OceanTruth]

10 minutes ago, Sku11y3 said:

Alright, living in Minnesota I have pretty high pH and hard water as it is. I think I was mostly worried about any negative properties the sand would have but maybe it isn't anything significant.

Honestly, I don't think you have anything to worry about then. Your water chemistry won't change at all. Alot of people use aragonite for keeping african cichlids, because they like hard, high pH water. So, I don't believe it's harmful in any way. We don't have that problem unlike those soft, low pH suckers. Lol. Just kidding. I actually do wish I had softer water at times.