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My water Parameters...
How do these look guys?
My Kh and Gh are going down more and more after i stopped doing as frequent of water changes and shorted the daily lighting cycle.

Ph - 7.6ppm (hasnt moved at all)
High Ph - 8.0ppm (0.2 less than last week)
Amonia - 0ppm
Nitrite - 0ppm
Nitrate - 0ppm
Gh - 125.3ppm (143 last week)
Kh - 107.4ppm (125 last week)

When is the best time to check water parameters? I check them almost at the end of the days light cycle.

I have RCS also, are these parameters alright for them?

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Some may question your Nitrate levels.

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Some may question your Nitrate levels.
Why is that?

It may have been in between 0 and 5 ppm, Maybe like 2.5 ppm.
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It may have been in between 0 and 5 ppm, Maybe like 2.5 ppm.
That would sound more reasonable.

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That would sound more reasonable.
what is causing the nitrate?
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According to this page, RCS can live in most any water parameters. If your RCS are breeding and active, then your water parameters are fine. Sorry I can't comment further, I haven't raised shrimp before.
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