soil for sakura / FR

[midniteguy]

Originally Posted by razor90

i using the advanced soil by h.e.l.p maybe can try that, my cherries and sakura no problem lei, somemore i keep them at a temp.of 29-30 since the weather veri hot now

how long have you been keeping for? as from what i know help just came out in the market not too long ago, problems might surface on the long run ( touch wood ).

just a few days but i got cycle the tank for 1 month before i add them in. will update again when i go back home at friday

[midniteguy]

Originally Posted by razor90

just a few days but i got cycle the tank for 1 month before i add them in. will update again when i go back home at friday

prefer a soil that ppl has success with le rather den wanna try out something new.

[Apache80]

i'm using full ADA,so far so good...

Originally Posted by midniteguy

prefer a soil that ppl has success with le rather den wanna try out something new.

The sakura that you got from me...they were in my tank using Azoo soil....

[bai]

lol....I dun have soil in my sakura tank after I throw away the GEX soil......hehehe

[midniteguy]

Originally Posted by soonhong

The sakura that you got from me...they were in my tank using Azoo soil....

Where can I find azoo soil?

See everyone suan me, everyone play sakura shrimps is plug and play de ):

[larrybird]

TS, no offence but im just curious, how do you know that its the soil thats causing you problem? Soil mainly just affects PH, hence, perhaps you would like to test your tap water for its PH value first? Cherries/Sakuras/FRs prefer neutral PH, i.e. PH 7.

If your water is tested to be in the higher range, say, 7.2 and above, you might consider using ph reducing soil such as ada amazonia or gex red packet to reduce it to PH 6.8 - 7

If your water is tested to be PH 7. You can use inert soil such as Dennerle quartz. black would be a good color to bring out the shrimps features.

Perhaps you would like to ensure your tank is fully cycled (test for nitrate), temperature or maybe the presence of rocks (if any) in your setup is causing high GH which results in the shrimps not being able to molt?

Hope you find my inputs useful. Good luck!

[FanAromatic]

Originally Posted by larrybird

TS, no offence but im just curious, how do you know that its the soil thats causing you problem? Soil mainly just affects PH, hence, perhaps you would like to test your tap water for its PH value first? Cherries/Sakuras/FRs prefer neutral PH, i.e. PH 7.

If your water is tested to be in the higher range, say, 7.2 and above, you might consider using ph reducing soil such as ada amazonia or gex red packet to reduce it to PH 6.8 - 7

If your water is tested to be PH 7. You can use inert soil such as Dennerle quartz. black would be a good color to bring out the shrimps features.

Perhaps you would like to ensure your tank is fully cycled (test for nitrate), temperature or maybe the presence of rocks (if any) in your setup is causing high GH which results in the shrimps not being able to molt?

Hope you find my inputs useful. Good luck!

Thank you Bro, this is just in time for me, I just measured my shrimp tank ph, it was from 7.1, now went up to 7.9, I'm not sure was it recently added two pieces of rocks. I may need to add bogwood to reduce this ph.

[ronaldlim]

Originally Posted by FanAromatic

Thank you Bro, this is just in time for me, I just measured my shrimp tank ph, it was from 7.1, now went up to 7.9, I'm not sure was it recently added two pieces of rocks. I may need to add bogwood to reduce this ph.

I think it is the rock which cause ur ph to be so high.u can try to remove it