Shrimp substrate & grasses

Dead Can Dance · 02-09-2013, 03:05 PM

Hiyas,

I've got the fluval substrate stratum for my future shrimps. Can grasses be planted in such big sized lumps ? In particular, HC ?

amberoze · 02-09-2013, 03:11 PM

It should be fine. As long as there aren't any critters that will dig, and plant as deep as you can.

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abc · 02-09-2013, 03:59 PM

you could add a fine black sand on top of your fluval substrate to help with the HC. That's what I did over my eco-compleat and it works well

wicca27 · 02-09-2013, 04:37 PM

hc is kinda iffy most of the time people do a dry start with it any way to let it fill in before filling the tank. i have several kinds of plants in my fss. ive had hc in fss but the shrimp tended to pick it out of the substrate but i didnt give it good time root either. i have marsilea in it right now and its doing well and i also have one of the small grass crypts all i can remember is it starts with a p lol

**acitydweller** · 02-09-2013, 05:20 PM

Crypt parva

wicca27 · 02-09-2013, 07:28 PM

hehe yep thats it. seems to be doing well but does seem to grow rrreeeaaaalllllyyyyy sssssllllloooowwww lol

Rony11 · 02-10-2013, 05:42 AM

I have a cherry shrimp tank with fluval stratum (the red bag) for 2 months.
I have been able to plant saggitaria subulata in 2 inch substrate.
There are new baby plants spreading all thru the aquarium.
I prefer hardy plants who need very little ferts in a shrimp only tank.

I use Jbl 24/7 two drops twice a week and 5m"l of JBL ferropol when I change 20% water once in two weeks.
My plants are fine no yellowing, rotting or dying coz I have easy plants like Java fern and mosses.

SouthernGorilla · 02-10-2013, 08:01 PM

For what it's worth, our ghost shrimp seem very fond of the baby's tears I just added to our tank. It may be easier to grow than grasses.

02-09-2013, 03:05 PM	#1
Dead Can Dance Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Perth, Australia Posts: 33	Shrimp substrate & grasses Hiyas, I've got the fluval substrate stratum for my future shrimps. Can grasses be planted in such big sized lumps ? In particular, HC ?

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amberoze Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: May 2012 Location: lexington, sc Posts: 294	Re: Shrimp substrate & grasses It should be fine. As long as there aren't any critters that will dig, and plant as deep as you can. Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

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02-09-2013, 03:59 PM	#3
abc Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (5/100%) Join Date: May 2004 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 288	you could add a fine black sand on top of your fluval substrate to help with the HC. That's what I did over my eco-compleat and it works well

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wicca27 Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: May 2009 Location: Fort Knox Posts: 2,668	hc is kinda iffy most of the time people do a dry start with it any way to let it fill in before filling the tank. i have several kinds of plants in my fss. ive had hc in fss but the shrimp tended to pick it out of the substrate but i didnt give it good time root either. i have marsilea in it right now and its doing well and i also have one of the small grass crypts all i can remember is it starts with a p lol

02-09-2013, 07:28 PM	#6
wicca27 Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: May 2009 Location: Fort Knox Posts: 2,668	hehe yep thats it. seems to be doing well but does seem to grow rrreeeaaaalllllyyyyy sssssllllloooowwww lol

02-10-2013, 05:42 AM	#7
Rony11 Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Israel Posts: 233	I have a cherry shrimp tank with fluval stratum (the red bag) for 2 months. I have been able to plant saggitaria subulata in 2 inch substrate. There are new baby plants spreading all thru the aquarium. I prefer hardy plants who need very little ferts in a shrimp only tank. I use Jbl 24/7 two drops twice a week and 5m"l of JBL ferropol when I change 20% water once in two weeks. My plants are fine no yellowing, rotting or dying coz I have easy plants like Java fern and mosses.

02-10-2013, 08:01 PM	#8
SouthernGorilla Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Euless, TX Posts: 62	For what it's worth, our ghost shrimp seem very fond of the baby's tears I just added to our tank. It may be easier to grow than grasses.