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what KH do to shrimps? (crs)

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#1 ·
So as the title says, what KH do to shrimps?

I know that GH helps shrimps to molt. 3dGH and up.

but why KH needs to be so low? 2dKH max.

thanks! I'm just paranoid because I have 4dGH and 3dKH in my 10 gallon right now.
 
#5 · (Edited)
Someone forgot to tell my Cherries. I measured the KH in my tanks last night and it was 9dKH in my shrimp tank. I'm not sure how it got so high, and I'd prefer to keep it around 4dKH, but my Cherry Shrimp are breeding like crazy. I don't know their survival rate, as there are far too many hiding places as well as a small school of Glo-Lite Tetras in the tank; but their numbers are increasing far faster than I ever would have guessed when I first bought them.

The bottom line is that 3dKH is lower than I've ever had in my community tank or my shrimp tank. Ghost shrimp breed like rabbits during the summer in my community tank, and I've got pregnant Amanos in there now (obviously they can't actually reproduce). You should be just fine with 3dKH for most shrimp.

Sean
 
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