nevesj98 Posted December 15, 2015 Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 Well, the title says it all, i would like to know if there are some susbtrates in specific for tiger shrimps (since there are for bee shrimps) and if not, what would be a good choice to go with for tiger shrimp. Have a nice day everyone mjb1959 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r45t4m4n Posted December 15, 2015 Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 blasting sand, pool filter sand. You want an inert substrate since you do not need the buffering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevesj98 Posted December 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 By buffering you mean raise the ph? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChadO Posted December 15, 2015 Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 No, r45t4m4n is referring to different type of substrates. What r45t4m4n has listed are neutral substrates, and won't have a play in affecting your pH in the tank. Other type of substrates, often known as "active" substrates will "pull" on the water due to their buffering ability/effect, and lower your pH. People who want to keep CRS, TB, etc, want lower pH setups, so they seek out and use "active" substrates to help with this goal. You don't want that in your case, so you want to look for substrates that are pH neutral and do not have any buffering capability. Fishprinceofca 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevesj98 Posted December 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 Humm ok thank you very much!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wygglz Posted December 15, 2015 Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 You can probably get aquarium sand at a local fish store, but if you look around you will probably find less expensive options such as some already mentioned like pool filter sand which is not exactly white, but a light natural sand. You may be able to get blasting sand in black for a different look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty703 Posted December 21, 2015 Report Share Posted December 21, 2015 Turface, or any clay substrate. I am currently using Micro-lift CAPM (Dr Fosters sells it) Its basically fuller's earth with some added minerals to help plants grow. Its used for ponds and so far I am very happy with the results. It keeps the PH between 6.8-7.0 which is good for tigers. They don't care for low PH but can handle anything close to 7 and up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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