any shrimp hobbyist using a non-soil substrate? like sand, gravel, pebbles, etc.

**Avant-Garde** · 31st Oct 2010, 21:43

hi there! i have a 44cm x 29cm x 30cm tank without substrate currently. as you can see from my sig, its pure shrimps except for an oto. there's no plant, but plenty of moss. i have some used soil in a separate tank that i got from a bro. i'm hesitating about adding the soil because i'm afraid it might cause an impact to my shrimps' health. so i'm thinking of using a different alternative for substrate. any bro can share what kind of substrate you using or what you would recommend?

**lucasjiang** · 31st Oct 2010, 22:26

I use lapis sand, reason being it doesnt really affect pH, so it is easier to change pH, and also because i think that maybe it can provide some natural minerals in the water that is needed for the shrimp.

**Avant-Garde** · 31st Oct 2010, 23:20

ohh lapis sand. is that readily available everywhere? roughly how much is it on the shelf?

**alvinchan80** · 31st Oct 2010, 23:41

Avante bro, what kind of shrimps are you keeping? Different kinds of shrimps has different requirements.. some low ph, some higher ph... so substrate choosing actually depends a lot on what type of shrimps you are getting...
as far as i know, CRS, BDS or any of those in that family requires PH that is between 6 - 6.8...

**Avant-Garde** · 31st Oct 2010, 23:43

i have sakura, cherry, malayan, orange and rock shrimps. if i'm not wrong, cherry is the hardiest. as for the rest, i'm not really sure. i won't be rearing CRS, that's the sure. water parameters would definitely not suit them. haha

**alvinchan80** · 31st Oct 2010, 23:46

i kept sakura & cherry in my tank using Gex Soil.. so its really depending on the other 3 kinds of shrimps' requirements..

**Avant-Garde** · 31st Oct 2010, 23:50

i'm actually looking for something non-soil as i'm not keeping plants. having plants means needing to inject CO2, too troublesome. so i compensated with plenty of moss. spiky moss, moss ball, us fissiden, nana, etc, plus 3 pieces of driftwood. now i'm just lacking a substrate.

**goody992828** · 1st Nov 2010, 11:34

Base on the type of shrimps you are keeping, Lapis sand should be ok......

**Avant-Garde** · 1st Nov 2010, 16:18

okay, lapis sand it is. thanks goody!

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