PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide ballast for a water tank which can purify water over a longer period of time than before, stabilize a water hardness, and greatly reduce the burden of rearing an aquatic organism. SOLUTION: The ballast for the water tank is obtained by mixing grainy and spherical magnesium, black sand, colored gravel, silica sand, and charcoal (black). COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT