Coral Beach Natural IndoChina Coral Sand is CITES and U.S. government approved premium quality natural coral sand from a new source in Southeast Asia. Great care is taken to ensure that the harvesting of this sand is not endangering the environment. IndoChina Coral Sand has bacteria added (see explanation below).
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The sand is illustrated showing the relative sizes of each grade. The average actual grain sizes are as follows: Grade 0 - .00 dia, Grade 1 - .00 dia, Grade 2 - .00 dia, Grade 3 - .00, Grade 4 - .00, Grade 5 - .00 dia. |
Natural IndoChina Coral Sand is from Pacific Asian offshore
islands and is available in the following standard sizes: grades
of 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 (these sizes are based on the original
European and American grading system developed decades ago). Also,
blends are offered of grades 1-2-3 and 4-5. Sizes can be provided
custom blended, contact Kordon for details at: info@novalek.com.
Grade sizes larger than 5 can be special ordered. None of this
sand is mined and pulverized as is the case with Caribbean, Bahamas
and Florida fossil coral sand. It is all fresh and natural coral
reef sand that is screened for particle size, graded and packaged
at Novalek in its production facility in Hayward, CA. No one else
is importing this premium grade of coral sand and rock from Asia,
it is exclusively available from Novalek.
Novalek's IndoChina coral sand is packed in poly bags under the
Kordon Coral Beach label. It is available in 4, 8 and 20 lb sizes.
The 4 and 8 lb sizes are packed in shipping cartons. The 20 lb
bags are shrink wrapped on pallets
Special Cultured Bacteria Added
Special cultured bacteria of a particular species of Bacillus
are added onto the surface of the coral sand (billions of bacteria
per pound of sand) in the processing at Kordon. These bacteria
have distinct advantages for marine aquarium keeping and are different
than all others currently provided with coral sand. The bacteria
used by Kordon are not the multiple species originally developed
for sewage that are used by some for aquarium products. Most species
of bacteria used in sewage mixes are inappropriate for marine
aquarium use. Also, the bacteria used by Kordon are not the Nitrosomonas/Nitrobacter
combination normally claimed by suppliers to be in their wet packaged
products. Nitromonas/Nitrobacter nitrifiers have to be provided
wet because they do not have a cyst stage allowing dry delivery.
To provide the bacteria wet requires bacteriostatic treatment
and toxic solvents to keep the water free of fungus and other
toxins.
The Kordon bacteria is a species of the genus Bacillus which was originally developed for commercial aquaculture and has been scientifically selected for aquarium use based on years of tests. This bacteria species is laboratory raised through to the dormant cyst stage so that it is a long-lived pure culture with a shelf life of years. When placed in the aquarium water, the bacteria awake and continue their life cycles.
The hardy Kordon bacteria are provided dry and do not require being stored wet. These bacteria are equally effective in fresh or salt water. The sand and shell in Kordon's products can be rinsed by the aquarist with less than15% removal of the bacteria, leaving an ample number of organisms alive. They remain attached in the nooks and crannies of the substrate. Kordon's bacteria are faster acting than nitrifiers. The Kordon bacteria quickly and effectively remove organics so that milky white bacteria common in new-tank set ups do not develop in the aquarium water, or are kept to a minimum. Also, the bacteria eliminate odors and beneficially lower the level of the nitrogen cycle so that the toxic peaks for ammonia, nitrite, and organic nitrogen compounds associated with nitrate are reduced and less stressful on the fish and invertebrates; thus they lessen the work load required of nitrifying bacteria associated with the nitrogen cycle.
The bacteria needed by marine aquarists to establish the nitrogen cycle are naturally brought into the aquarium by their presence in the surface slime of fishes and invertebrates, or can be accelerated by adding a freswater or marine nitrifying bacteria product to the aquarium water. Kordon's bacteria do not interfere with any of the nitrifying bacteria and their action.
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Item No. |
Grade | Size | Case Quantity | Case Weight |
| 46004 | Grade 0 | 4 lb. | 6 ea | 26 lb. |
| 46008 | Grade 0 | 8 lb | 3 ea | 26 lb |
| 46009 | Grade 0 | 20 lb | 1 ea | 20 lb |
| 46114 | Grade 1 | 4 lb | 6 ea | 26 lb |
| 46118 | Grade 1 | 8 lb | 3 ea | 26 lb |
| 46119 | Grade1 | 20 lb | 1 ea | 20 lb |
| 46224 | Grade2 | 4 LB | 6 ea | 26 lb |
| 46228 | Grade 2 | 8 lb | 3 ea | 26.lb |
| 46229 | Grade 2 | 8 lb | 1 ea | 20 lb |
| 46334 | Grade 3 | 4 lb | 6 ea | 26 lb |
| 46338 | Grade 3 | 8 lb | 3 ea | 26 lb |
| 46339 | Grade 3 | 20 lb | 1 ea | 20 lb |
| 46444 | Grade 4 | 4 lb | 6 ea | 26 lb |
| 46448 | Grade 4 | 8 lb | 3 ea | 26 lb |
| 46449 | Grade 4 | 20 lb | 1 ea | 20 lb |
| 46554 | Grade 5 | 4 lb | 6 ea | 26 lb |
| 46558 | Grade 5 | 8 lb | 3 ea | 26 lb |
| 46559 | Grade 5 | 20 lb | 1 ea | 20 lb |
| 46569 | Grades 1,2 &3 | 20 lb | 1 ea | 20 lb |
| 46579 | Grades 4 & 5 | 20 lb | 1 ea | 20 lb |