KarenVasquez Posted August 26, 2018 Report Share Posted August 26, 2018 I’m going to be setting up a new tank for Crystal Red Shrimp. What buffering substrate do you recommend? What pH does it buffer at? I have been looking at ADA Amazonia or SL Aqua. MNCarpenter and rwong2k 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILikeAsianBooty Posted August 27, 2018 Report Share Posted August 27, 2018 pH will depend mostly on the depth. Ada goes to 5.5 I've heard. Sl is around 6.4. I use sl aqua and it buffers below 6 for me. ADA is more geared towards plant and the cycle can take from 1m with a seeded filter to 2-3. Sl and controsoil barely leech any ammonia. Go with sl KarenVasquez, EricM and MNCarpenter 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenVasquez Posted August 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2018 On 8/26/2018 at 6:11 PM, ILikeAsianBooty said: pH will depend mostly on the depth. Ada goes to 5.5 I've heard. Sl is around 6.4. I use sl aqua and it buffers below 6 for me. ADA is more geared towards plant and the cycle can take from 1m with a seeded filter to 2-3. Sl and controsoil barely leech any ammonia. Go with sl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenVasquez Posted August 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2018 Thanks so much for the info. Definitely will get the SL Aqua. What kind of shrimp do you have with a pH of 5.8 to 6.0? EricM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILikeAsianBooty Posted August 28, 2018 Report Share Posted August 28, 2018 caridina shrimps MNCarpenter and KarenVasquez 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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