I'm trying to adjust the PH levels in a tank I intend on putting my CRS in. I have a product that should bring my PH to relatively close to the range I want. It is a seachem product for neutralizing PH (my water is very hard from the tap). I'm trying to adjust the PH to about 6.8, which seems good for breeding from my research. My concern is that it has both phosphates and conditioning salts. Would either of these have a negative or fatal affect of my Crystal Red Shrimp? I have a feeling I have read somewhere that salt is toxic to freshwater invertabrates. Thank you in advance!
Crystal Red Shrimp help please
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NVM i just got a hold of some amazonia aquasoil. I placed it in the tank about an hour ago and the tank is already starting to clear up. I added a bag of carbon to help absorb some of the cloudiness and it seems to be working well. Hopefully this will help with my hard water and higher ph
The biggest difference between newbies and experts is that experts leave well enough alone. Newbies are constantly fussing over this and that, testing and making chemical adjustments, then testing more and dumping more chemicals in.
A slightly 'off' pH is not going to kill your shrimp....... but all of those chemicals sure will!
Never mind the constant fluctuations, that alone is a shrimp killer.
My secret...... tap water! Nothing more, nothing less. Works wonders. Never test, never adjust, never lose any shrimp.
A slightly 'off' pH is not going to kill your shrimp....... but all of those chemicals sure will!
Never mind the constant fluctuations, that alone is a shrimp killer.
My secret...... tap water! Nothing more, nothing less. Works wonders. Never test, never adjust, never lose any shrimp.
maybe it works for you, but i can't keep crystal red shrimp in 7.6 ph. i lost a whole colony b/c of it. these shrimp are extremely sensitive and i have done lots of research and ask breeders what they use. many people have sworn by using aqua soil amazonia since it is a buffering substrate which has evenly kept my ph at 6.6 . if i do small, gradual WC then the PH shouldn't swing much.
it depends upon the amounts of everythings, just telling me your water has those in its means nothing.
if your water is really bad get a brita filter. im not a big fan of ro water for fresh tanks(especially shrimp tanks my cherrys looked horrible in ro water).
i would just use dechlorinated tap personally.
if your water is really bad get a brita filter. im not a big fan of ro water for fresh tanks(especially shrimp tanks my cherrys looked horrible in ro water).
i would just use dechlorinated tap personally.
the problem is, crystal red shrimp prefer very soft, acidic PH. my tap water is EXTREMELY hard and is 7.6 . my water was perfect other than the PH so i know it was the PH that killed them. i made sure no copper even touched the tank so i know it wasn't anything like that either.
and i've used a brita filter to filter my water in the past..... very time consuming and it brings the water to 7.0 but i am not convinced it takes many minerals out of the water. the water still stained like it was hard water. its a giant hassle to filter that much for only mediocre results
i never added any iodine. I acclimated the shrimp and they were fine. no fish in the tank with them, they are in their own species tank. they had peacock moss to hide in to feel less stressed. they all dropped one by one after being in the tank for about 3 weeks.