I’m not good at sexing JDs, but if you were to darken up the sand , maybe atdd some black sand, your JD would darken up and look much better
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Uuuuuugh I know, I know and completely agree for all of my fish. I had a few pages about this in my other thread.
The problem is I LOVE the PFS and how heavy it is so it never stirs up.
What can I buy in black that is just as good? I could mix them, I just hope I like it lol!
On another note, found a solution for surface agitation without the ugly sponge! 
I use pfs in my tank - I mix it with some darker gravel and use darker decor to bring out the colors in my jd.
I would just add around 10-20% black sand and mix it in for a peppered look and that would probably be enough to darken things up
Not my best pic (and coincidentally he’s going light as I post the pic), but it shows the dark scape with the fish well.
What’s a really nice black sand I could mix in? I love the sand instead of gravel due to the waste just sitting on top and not falling down into the gravel. Easy to clean and keep clean….
I personally like the black diamond blasting sand from tractor supply co. Looks good and is pretty cheap as well. 12$ for 50 lbs.
I think I used the standard black imagitarium sand for my black sand tank. For price I agree on doing the blasting sand.
