[fdude360]

The biggest concern I see is using tap water on a buffering substrate.... shrimp do best with stability. It sounds like your pH may fluctuate with each water change that you do.


How do tank parameters compare to source water?

@Zoidburg / @Blue Ridge Reef I am currently using Fluval Stratum in the tank. My source water has about the same GH and using the API test kit I cannot visually detect a difference between my source PH and tank PH.

Should I be switching to R/O water?

And if I should make the switch, how can I slowly introduce R/O?

Thank you!

 

[fdude360]

Haha maybe because I mentioned it was planted, so he assumed I used a mineral-rich substrate of some kind... or he is just psychic.

If my soil "dies" does that just mean it will no longer buffer PH?