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Ph should be 6
Hi
I will be starting a new shrimp tank, any seniors around that have use Mosura soil? It seems that not much information can be found on the net.
Any users that could advice on the PH level for this soil, was attracted to it mainly because of its light brown colour.
Thanks
Ph should be 6
You can't find any information cause it is a
Soil that is not on official launch product by mosura and if you notice there is no labeling. If you have the time and read you will likely find some information on the forum here.
Should be around 6.3-6.5
pH is 6? I'm planning to fill a few small partitions with this soil to house dark colored shrimps too. Remaining soil will probably go into pH conditioning
Hi all
Thanks for the replies.
Me just did a little experiment with some mosura soil taken from a friend,
Tap water(PH measured at 7.9) + mosura soil = PH 7.6
Tap water(PH measured at 7.9) + ADA 2 = PH 7.2
Guess PH level for mosura soil is on the high side.
Wow that very good information! Thanks for sharing bro Humble.Originally Posted by Humble
I'm using Mosura soil, tap water ph 7.2. After cycling, water stables at ph 6.2~6.4. Mosura soil maintains ph on a lower side ranging ph 6.4. If you intent to have higher ph, use benibachi golden soil ph 7.2.
ADA has the most acidic soil
In the process of learning. painful but fun!
still learning the hard way!!
Where can I get the benibachi golden soil? It buffers ph at 7.2? Got ammonia or
Not huh?
Haha, that's the ph reading for initial stage, soon you will find it increasing to above 7 after a few month with regular water changes.
Zack
That's the rumor I hear as well, that the acidity buffeting is rather short lived compared to ADA. The main advantage is the ability to not have to cycle out the ammonia.Haha, that's the ph reading for initial stage, soon you will find it increasing to above 7 after a few month with regular water changes.
haha, bro navanod, to me its not an advantage, any sand/gravel you get you can also need nt cycle the tank too. counting this in as an advantage i find it funny. heeheehe.
there are new batch of mosura soil available/coming soon, hope that its better.
Zack
Frankly, I just wanted it for the reddish color. Whatever extra pH buffering or other benefits are secondary. The main pH buffering is done by Borneowild + ADA Amazonia 2.haha, bro navanod, to me its not an advantage, any sand/gravel you get you can also need nt cycle the tank too. counting this in as an advantage i find it funny. heeheehe.
there are new batch of mosura soil available/coming soon, hope that its better.
Sadly, I've also heard Borneowild's pH may not be anywhere near ADA's. How's Benibachi soil? You have experience?
You want reddish with pH buffering capabilities why not Africana?
Much nicer colour, more reddish..
Whoops, I forgot to also mentioned that I need to get the new tank up ASAP so cannot afford the time to cycle the ADA soils (the ADA Amazonia will be added VERY slowly). I'm bringing over a matured canister filter though, so I may be able to just dump in ADA soil without the ammonia spikes.
I'll keep your advice in mind the next time I go soil shopping...might grab some Africana to try hehehe, thank bro
It took me 2 days to cycle my cube of Africana.. Maybe even less? I seeded my 2213 in my 2ft tank for a week before I moved it to the cube. I went to JB for a couple of days and when I came back the ammonia reading was zero. It had over 30 Cardinal Tetras in there. After that I started adding my Hastatus in batches, zero ammonia every single time I tested (always one day after lifestock addition).
If your filter is seeded, there is no need to cycle. Since ADA Amazonia series will leech ammonium for a while, it's good to watch your nitrate. Good to point out that my Nitrates in the cube was no more than 30ppm after I came back from JB and the cube was started with tap water that already has nitrates to begin with, so I doubt Africana leeches ammonium.
A bit of warning though.. Africana is HARDCORE LOW PH! My friend who used it.. laid over existing soil (only about 2-3L worth in a 80cm tank) and his pH crashed to 4.5. Another's pH went down to 5.4 and stabilised around 5.6..
Erm, Amazonia 2 also had hardcore acidity when I first started out. Crashed to 5.2 although I threw in coral chips to try and buffer it. Many of my assassin snails started melting through their shells and died. The survivors today still lost the pointy tips at the end of their shells.
I'm not keen to repeat that again, which is why I'm using "milder" soil first and then "fine tune" with Amazonia 2. Targeting a pH of 6.0-6.5
I'm using benibachi crimson black soil, so far so good maintaining at ph 6.4. Used for almost 7mths.
Currently using Africana and mosura the leech for ammonia is very very little.... So if it is a complete new setup it is better to introduce a little ammonia to build the BB..... I left the tank cycling for 2 weeks dumping in use sponge from another tank. Actually after the 1st week i see very low ammonia leeching from the soil can't pinpoint whether it is from mosura or africana. 3rd i put in wild cherry to help cycle further...... 1 month before i could get my hand on some shrimps from a help of a few bros to slowly add in.
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