EricM

it wasnt bought by UNS.

when you setup the tank what products did you use? and during the "cycling" period?

Can you post any photos and list all the products you are using during this time?

better growth of what? if you are talking heavily planted scaped tanks, sure i'd even lean towards ada vs any brand of shrimp specific soil. you do realize these are VERY different products right? composed of very different things. and my statement Juan shared above doesnt show any favoritism of one over the other. it simply answers a common question about one vs the other in regards to shrimp. my reply was written back in early 2015 (i believe) and still holds true now. even more so. SL soil has become by far away the most popular shrimp soil in the usa because it just works. its used by some of the biggest breeders in the USA and world because its that good. i'm not trying to fight with you about your opinions of the products, but saying just because i rep a brand it corroborates some alternative motive. anybody who knows me, knows i dont hold back my views just for sales.

Im just trying to understand your opinion of my review based off years of using both products. there is nothing opinion based in my review.

Did I even quote you? yes yes you did. you didnt like my review that JuanSan shared.

both are about the dangers of using Fenbendazole https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11356-014-3497-0 https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/3334#section=Use-and-Manufacturing

There are some good research papers about these types of meds and how they affect shrimp. I'll try to dig them up. this is why a natural planaria product like Z1, no planaria, etc should be used not these meds.

baking soda will only be a short-term fix, the soil will absorb the KH and it will drop again. Are you sure your PH test kit tests that low?

whats really funny is the con about making the water soft. lol

do you have a problem with my reply?

this would be interesting. I know i've talked with breeders in the past about SCRS and we've agreed that at some point in the "creation" tigers may have been used.

PWL is what I believe you are referring to. These from my understanding were developed from PRL. years of culling for less and less red.

i'd guess male. but hard to tell still so small.

whats up with all the mulm on/in the soil? did that happen when you pulled the stones out?