New tank planning

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LinVerts

Discussion Starter · May 5, 2014

hey so I'm in the process of setting up my 75 gallon for shrimp. planning on doing malawa shrimp and oebt. my substrate is black blasting sand. I plan on adding an almond leaf and a HOB filter, and a few more plants. my parameters are:
temp: 72
ph: 6.8
gh: 8
kh: 0-2 (idk, had trouble reading dropper test. using RO remineralized with salty shrimp gh+)
tds: 156

I'm just trying to find out if everything looks okay to keep these 2 types of shrimp together. I have crs and neo's, but I'm new to tiger shrimp and malawa. any suggestions and advice would be appreciated. thanks

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sbarbee54

· #2 · May 5, 2014

I would bump your tds up some

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sbarbee54

· #3 · May 5, 2014

I would get bigger sponge filters those are for 10-20 gallon tanks

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LinVerts

Discussion Starter · #4 · May 5, 2014

sbarbee54 said:
I would bump your tds up some

can i raise tds without raising gh? or should i do both?

as for filtration, i plan on adding a HOB filter. would adding more of these 10-20 sponge filters be okay or should i just do the big sponge filter that sits on the bottom?

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sewoeno

· #5 · May 6, 2014

i wouldn't use hob filters, shrimp don't like to much movement. bigger sponge filters would be your best bet

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LinVerts

Discussion Starter · #6 · May 6, 2014 (Edited)

sewoeno said:
i wouldn't use hob filters, shrimp don't like to much movement. bigger sponge filters would be your best bet

gotcha. i was thinkin maybe a marina cause the flow isn't too bad. but i would probably have to add more sponges anyways so maybe ill just go the sponge only route.

do my parameters look okay to keep/breed these kinds of shrimp though? i heard malawa are pretty hardy but i've read different things about tiger shrimp

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