Best Substrates For Cherry Shrimp (Neocaridina)

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There are many substrates to choose from for your cherry shrimp. Follow my simple guide to make sure you're choosing what's best for your neocaridina!
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[@TimmyKawaii]

when you said that you can get the pool filter sands from a hardware store, I have a local fish store with an outside pool area and I have not looked around there yet so do you think they would sell any pool filter sand..? Thank you and keep it up !

[@BobMossNanoTanks]

I would just go to the hardware store lol. LFS is going to price gouge you.

[@fishtropiccanada4747]

This guy eats so much pie 🥧 it’s crazy 😜

[@BobMossNanoTanks]

Pizza pie!

[@fishtropiccanada4747]

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[@BobMossNanoTanks]

@@fishtropiccanada4747 come to the 613 baby

[@nadina1]

Question: does the pool filter sand work for planted tanks?

[@BobMossNanoTanks]

Yup! For rooted plants you will probably need root tabs but I used it for a couple of years before switching to black blasting sand.

[@motoglows]

is that black diamond sand the same as the k&e one?

[@BobMossNanoTanks]

hmm im not sure. black diamond is the brand IIRC

[@suman5492]

What about black lava rock chips?

[@BobMossNanoTanks]

Oh ya, they would work perfect. Might be a little pricier than say, sand, though.

[@suman5492]

@@BobMossNanoTanks deep layer of it or just enough to cover the surface? If it's better than sand in terms of tank health then I won't mind investing on it.

[@BobMossNanoTanks]

@@suman5492 whatever you prefer tbh. Inert set ups are very customizable. I wouldn't say it's any better, just a different option

[@tic857]

How deep do you clean your sand if you're using that much sand? I always get an issue of the rhabdocoela population booming and my snails dying after a few months .

[@BobMossNanoTanks]

I just skim the surface of the sand with a turkey baster and get the loose detritus. I only have one tank with what I feel are too many rhabdocoela and it's my oldest (was on old water supply for years as well). I feel like the rhabdocoela and your snails dying are different issues, however. I would need more details on the tank to be able to really help you, though.

[@tic857]

@@BobMossNanoTanks I had about 1-1.5 in sand in a 3 gallon ramshorn only tank, sponge filter, with dwarf sag anubias, marimo and java fern. Temp 76-78. I didn't feed the snails that much, maybe a quarter of a wafer once week or blanched vegetable once a week. The nicrew is on for about 10 hours . Water test results would always be 0,0, 0-5 ppm. Water changes would be 25-50% a week sometimes twice, I would clean out detritus with a turkey baster, but usually around the 3 month mark was where copepods, detritus worms and especially rhabdocoela would just boom, and I would get pockets of anaerobic areas while I water changed, and this would be when the snails would lay eggs but none of the babies would survive after hatching. People suggest stirring, but I've seen so many planted tanks with sand and I doubt they are stirring it up and disrupting roots all the time.

[@BobMossNanoTanks]

@@tic857 The babies aren't surviving but the adults are still alive? This would be a food issue, perhaps there isn't enough biofilm / algae in the tank?

[@tic857]

@@BobMossNanoTanks the glass walls have green spot and dust algae. I hardly ever clean the glass unless its the front which I only do once a month. It just seems like they are fine while on the glass but once they migrate down to the sand, they just die.

[@BobMossNanoTanks]

@@tic857 Hmm that's odd. What kind of sand? What kind of snails exactly, as well?

[@littleshopintheshed]

With such fine sand, won’t the layer under go anaerobic, and start bumbling swamp gas?

[@BobMossNanoTanks]

Do you mean the blasting sand? I haven't experienced this, myself. It is a good idea to poke the substrate during cycling to remove any air bubbles.

[@littleshopintheshed]

@@BobMossNanoTanks I was thinking more about the pool sand because it is soo fine.

[@BobMossNanoTanks]

@@littleshopintheshed i could see it happening if you put in a thick layer. i generally suggest 1-2 inches if no root feeders are being planted, so this wouldn't be a big issue.

[@littleshopintheshed]

@@BobMossNanoTanks thank you for your time and knowledge. I am currently getting to fletcher what I need to set up a planted 35gal with shrimp, so there is lots to learn. Last time I had a tank, it was goldfish and dollar store base stones.

[@BobMossNanoTanks]

@@littleshopintheshed not a problem at all! check out some of my tank setup videos for ideas on what you can do. neo setups can be done on the cheap!

[@AirWarrior97395]

I have some sand on my tank and it keeps going black and smelling bad.

[@BobMossNanoTanks]

That's usually due to high ammonia, is the tank fully cycled?

[@linnealeora]

Black mold growth, treat with peroxide

[@championmc..7869]

I did not put anything what twill happen

[@BobMossNanoTanks]

pardon

[@chazs6854]

I’m confused. Pool sand, sand blasting sand, etc. all have silica which states is harmful and to wear an n95 mask and all that junk. Wouldn’t putting it in your aquarium be a death sentence to the critters?

[@BobMossNanoTanks]

I think that's if you're actually using it as sand blasting sand as the particles can be very small. Just using it as substrate is no problem and totally safe.