Pure Water Pebbles Coated Aquarium Gravel, 5-lb bag

When I first opened the package of gravel, I noticed it smelt very strongly of plastic and had a very heavy smell of just chemicals. I rinsed the whole bag with warm water and let it sit in some for a bit before adding it to my tank. I have five ghost shrimp and a betta in a five gallon tank, and I’m worried about their well-being first. It’s a new tank set up and so far nothing too bad as happened with my animals. The water did not change colour or become cloudy, but I was wary of that due to the strong smell when I first opened the bag. The colour is great, it’s a very deep black that’s not at all grey. I love using black sub tate for my ghost shrimp and colourful bettas, my Halloween Jack When I first opened the package of gravel, I noticed it smelt very strongly of plastic and had a very heavy smell of just chemicals. I rinsed the whole bag with warm water and let it sit in some for a bit before adding it to my tank. I have five ghost shrimp and a betta in a five gallon tank, and I’m worried about their well-being first. It’s a new tank set up and so far nothing too bad as happened with my animals. The water did not change colour or become cloudy, but I was wary of that due to the strong smell when I first opened the bag. The colour is great, it’s a very deep black that’s not at all grey. I love using black sub tate for my ghost shrimp and colourful bettas, my Halloween Jack is a beautiful red and she pops in the tank. … more

The color was fabulous! Was odd, as I rinsed the pebbles before adding to the fish tank, it seemed as though a bit of the color washed off (weird but reason we rinse 1st). After adding to tank there was no issues except the fish were upset with the new additions, lol.

Reason for 3 stars the rock is beautiful, but if ordered I would not take in the house till u take it out of the chewy box. I order 6 and 2 come in with the plastic bags ripped I thought due to shipping because my chewy boxes was all crushed. I called chewy and there wonderful customer service sent me 2 new ones, which I was so happy they did. Unfortunately the 2 new bags they sent also had holes but I dont blame chewy or the shipping because the boxes looked fine, they just need a thicker plastic package. I would order again I would just not take them in.

I purchased 90lbs of the Marine Blue Rock. The picture shows it as a light blue and it actually is deep blue. After trying at least 15 different times, the rocks were still tinting the water. I've always used colored rock and never had any problems. Although I such a problem with the rock, Chewy's Customer Service could not have been more helpful! I give them a 10 hands down!

Believe it or not, this stuff is difficult to find here. Luckily I thought of Chewy and was thrilled to see they had many colors. (and the price was great!)I don't have an aquarium but the blue mixture is perfect for the pretend creek I have going under the bridge on my lawn. I use the other colors I bought for my fairy gardens. (paths "grass" etc)

I really like the way they look in my fish tank one bag is good for a 5 gallon tank and you will have some left over wash before you put it in to your fish tank

The bag was full of tiny tiny pebbles which made it difficult to clean got in my filter and the red tinted my water and left dust on everything it touched. The bag was open when received so based off the one bag I bought I would not buy this again .

We decorated my daughters room with Turquoise aqua gold and white. She has a Beta fish and wanted to get some gravel for the tank - something to co-ordinate with the rest of the room. We ordered Turquoise and got GREEN! I asked to return these for a refund and was ignored.

really pretty rocks but after a week, i noticed my water was clouded. i did not know what was causing this problem so i had to replace everything just to find out, it was these rocks leaking off the color, which i’m sure was not good for my fish

I bought two bags of the black and didn't have an issue with either bag. Had to rinse a couple of times but once in the aquarium, I had very clear water. There were a few very small pieces but came out when I used a strainer. Would buy these again.