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As a member is using this as a substrate- and it looks great- can anyone give any info on it's properties as a substrate. I have googled it and can only get info as a filter media. it looks great and the dark shrimp really stand out against it rather than melt into the dark substrates.

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As a member is using this as a substrate- and it looks great- can anyone give any info on it's properties as a substrate. I have googled it and can only get info as a filter media. it looks great and the dark shrimp really stand out against it rather than melt into the dark substrates.

What info do you need?

I am am using it ATM

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Just interested in the use of it. I'm guessing it doesn't buffer the ph as shrimp substrate does but does it have any effect on the water parameters? Does it affect TDS ? I really like the look of it and wouldn't mind it in a couple of cherry tanks but would just like to know more about it

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I used to have it in my old 4ftr under black gravel. brought it cheap from a pool shop. Never affected my water paremeters however was told that it helped in absorbing impurities in the water.

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The worry is as its a filter medium and holds impurities does it eventually release them ?

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Zeolite was used in water softeners years ago as part of the process to soften hard water.

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Should work well here in Adelaide then, although I don't think our water is as bad as it was.

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Ph: 7.1 (but I am lowing it slowly)

Ammonia: 0

nirate: 0

gh: 5

so far so go as shrimps a berried and seem happy.

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I've used it before as a substrate, it binds ammonia at the start of it's use, I've used it to skip the cycle. Plants can use the nutrients in it when it's full but it shouldn't release the nutrients back into the water column under normal parameters.

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I've used it before as a substrate' date=' it binds ammonia at the start of it's use, I've used it to skip the cycle. Plants can use the nutrients in it when it's full but it shouldn't release the nutrients back into the water column under normal parameters.[/quote']

Thats the advice i was given in regards to it. The other benefit is its really really cheap. There was a LFS selling it for like $40 for 10kg when i lived back in sydney and raved about it.

I went to pool shop and spent like $20 for 20kg same stuff

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I might try and get some for the blue and chocolate tanks so I can see them better. I'm in the middle of changing my WP's so they all have salty shrimp gh + so I have to empty them anyway. Not much fun trying to catch zillions of babies though

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I bought a 15kg bag for just under $20 under the name of Zeo -chlor -apparantly it comes under a couple of names. I have added about a 10cm wide tank length strip to a tank with shrimp substrate . It looks great I will take some water tests tomorrow to see what is happening and hopefully I can add my shrimp. I have just done a complete water change in that tank to change it to a GH+ tank and also topped up the substrate so i couldn't have just put the shrimp back in anyway. Another 24 hours won't harm them in a holding box :encouragement::encouragement:

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