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Ultum Nature Systems Controsand is a line of decorative sand substrates designed for use in planted aquariums and aquascaping. Tahoe is a rounded pebble gravel designed for freshwater aquarium use. Its neutral color palette is versatile and makes it suitable for a range of popular aquascaping styles. Tahoe works well alone or combined with other cosmetic sands to create a custom blend for planted tanks, terrariums, paludariums and more.
Whether you're setting up your first aquascape, or you've been in the hobby for years, Controsand is easy to use. Just rinse the substrate gently to remove finer grains, then distribute to specific areas as a natural accent. 
Key Features & Benefits
- Natural Gravel Tone: A neutral-toned, natural gravel blend perfect for accenting against an even-toned base substrate, or mixed in with a fine grain sand substrate. Tahoe Controsand also compliments vibrantly colored aquatic plants and livestock.
- Root Development Support: Controsand's unique granule composition encourages strong root development, ensuring your plants anchor securely into the substrate and absorb nutrients effectively.
- Compatible with Bottom-dwellers: Perfect for shrimp or other bottom-dwelling species that sift through sand.
Product Specifications
- Approximate Grain Size: 3 ~ 5MM
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Available Sizes: 3L and 8L bags
- Important Note: Controsand Tahoe may alter water chemistry by raising hardness.
What's Included
- 1x bag of UNS Controsand - Tahoe
Overall rating: 4.6153846 / 5 from 13 reviews.
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"Would have gave 5 stars as they have quality products but they have no customer service. I updated my billing address didn’t see shipping until got confirmation number. I immediately emailed and continued to follow up for days as FedEx requires the shipper to change. Never got a hold of anyone they still haven’t responded over four days. Fortunately my old address is only an hour away and my aunt got the plants off the porch. We live in Florida so had the plants been left on porch over a few hours they would have died. Excellent quality products cannot say enough good things but can’t reach anyone via email and that’s the only option to reach out."
Fantastic!
"I love the unique color of this large sand/small gravel. Picks up Pinks and Reds with a neutral background. It’s been perfect for my Chili Rasbora, scarlet badis, albino pygmy Cory tank."
Tahoe color is beautiful
"Makes a beautiful addition to my tank."
Excellent color
"The color of this gravel looks amazing. I used in with the brown Controsoil and it looks really good with it."
lje
"Nice natural colors and love the size of the grain - perfect for what I needed - considering doing some more rescaping with it"
I'm using UNS controsand Tahoe
"I'm using UNS controsand Tahoe in some of my nano tanks and I notice that I'm not having algae problems anymore."
Tahoe Sand
"This sand looks absolutely fantastic!"
Happy with everything
"Happy with everything"
"Absolutely loved this! Looks great in my tank and no clouding"
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Q&A
- I'm buying for a 7.5 gallon tank - how much gravel would I need?
- Hey Mina, this depends on how thick you would like the gravel layer to be. To calculate how many liters you need, use the following equation: Length x Width x Desired Substrate Height (in inches) Divided by 60 = Liters of substrate needed