[jrwestcoast]

There was a mini-discussion about potential problems with Akadama as a substrate. Could anyone with experience share what/any problems you found with Akadama as a substrate for shrimp tanks.:icon_smil

Thanks,

Jesus

 

[Loachutus]

Found this over at shrimpnow, http://www.shrimpnow.com/forums/showthread.php/8156-Help-me-!!!-My-baby-kingkong-die-when-molting.../page2 . Seems as if MananaP has been able to deal with the mineral absorption. Hope others will chime in.

 

[Kazuya]

MananaP clearly states that more minerals needs to be added but he will be using it more often in his tanks.

Imke and some other people on shrimpnow you this soil to.

If you still have doubts about using it, check with them.

 

[jrwestcoast]

Thanks Loach and Kazuya for your responses.
I am actually cycling a tank with Akadama and did add extra minerals( old sea mud) as MananaP had suggested, but would like to know if that is the only "major problem" with Akadama.

 

[Kazuya]

I too have a tank cycling with akadama (and added old sea powder) But I have ADA soil on top of it.

Guess we'll have to see first hand what happens.
I'm sure we should be fine.

Goodluckroud:

 

[Betta Maniac]

Right now I’m all freaked out about the fact that I’m using Fluval Shrimp Stratham in my F1/BKK tank, and over on Shrimp Now people are reporting that FSS = kiss of death for BKK. I used it because I was hoping it would be better for my F1 BKK hybrids than Aquasoil. ARGH!

 

[GeToChKn]

Right now I’m all freaked out about the fact that I’m using Fluval Shrimp Stratham in my F1/BKK tank, and over on Shrimp Now people are reporting that FSS = kiss of death for BKK. I used it because I was hoping it would be better for my F1 BKK hybrids than Aquasoil. ARGH!

And to counter that.

http://www.shrimpnow.com/forums/showthread.php/8283-My-Blue-Tigers?p=70792#post70792

 

[Betta Maniac]

I'm at work and can't see the video. Is he raising BKK? People were saying it seemed fine for other types, but that some CRS/CBS had survivability problems and that BKK were pretty much toast. I have noticed that in my first few batches of babies, the survival rate seems very low compared to my main tank which has ADA (I was wondering about it just last night).

 

[GeToChKn]

I'm at work and can't see the video. Is he raising BKK? People were saying it seemed fine for other types, but that some CRS/CBS had survivability problems and that BKK were pretty much toast. I have noticed that in my first few batches of babies, the survival rate seems very low compared to my main tank which has ADA (I was wondering about it just last night).

No, OEBT's in Fluval Soil.

 

[HolyAngel]

From what I read on shrimpnow, FSS seemed to work fine at first, it was months to a year later that it killed all the shrimp.. Idk anything about akadama though :/

 

[Betta Maniac]

Well, we'll see what we see. I *think* (hope, LOL!) that one of my current crop of babies is a panda. Head is black with tiny bit of white and face appears to be black as well.

 

[jrwestcoast]

I have all my BKK in FSS right now and they are very active, so I just have to wait and see, might have to start a new tank with ADA, don't know what my CFO (wife) will say when I come in with yet another tank that will have now fishes in it.:hihi: