Himalaya Sand – Your Ready-to-Scape High-Altitude Riverbed Substrate
Himalaya Sand captures the soft, pastel radiance of high-altitude riverbeds, bringing gentle brightness and natural warmth to your aquascape or terrarium. Its fine, airy grains create a clean, illuminated base that enhances plants, fish, and hardscape with subtle clarity — perfect for minimalistic layouts, nature-style designs, or biotopes built around soft, harmonious tones.
Its delicate color brightens the foreground, softens contrast, and ties your entire layout together without overpowering your composition. Whether used alone or paired with contrasting stones, Himalaya Sand creates a serene, uplifting foundation suitable for all skill levels.
Thanks to WIO’s high standards, Himalaya Sand is fully inert, pH-neutral, CO₂-proof, hardener-free, and light-resistant — completely safe for every aquatic and terrestrial species.
Available Sizes
4.4 lb Bag (2 kg)
11 lb Bag (5 kg)
Each Bag Includes
A refined pastel-toned fine-grain natural sand blend (0.1"–0.15" / 0.1–4 mm) ideal for soft, bright riverbeds, clean layouts, and harmonious biotopes
Why You’ll Love It
✓ Soft pastel tone inspired by high-altitude streams
✓ Fine, airy grains for a clean, luminous substrate
✓ Enhances greens, reds, and natural hardscape texture
✓ Ideal for minimalist, nature, and biotope aquascapes
✓ Inert, pH-neutral, CO₂-proof, and completely livestock-safe
✓ Works perfectly as a primary or accent cosmetic sand
Design Tip
Use Himalaya Sand to brighten the foreground and guide visual flow. Pair with pale stones for a calm, alpine aesthetic or with darker hardscape for gentle contrast. Create subtle slopes to add natural depth and perspective.
Specs & Care
Sand Type: Natural cosmetic sand
Color: Soft pastel tan-beige
Texture: Fine, airy grains
Grain Size: 0.1"–0.15" (0.1–4 mm)
Effect on Water: Inert — will not alter pH or hardness
Rinse lightly before use if desired. When filling, pour water slowly over a hard surface to prevent disturbance. Skim surface particles with a net if needed.
Safe for all fish, shrimp, snails, plants, amphibians, reptiles, and terrarium species.
