I'm not a shrimp guru, but are you adding any iodide to your tank? Iodide helps with the molting process.
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i don't think it's that the ph is fluctuating, the guy at the store used test strips so he was saying its between 7.8 and 8.4.
yeah i need to get a real test kit that uses drops, its just that i won't have money til next week. is there something i can do to bring my kh down? like mix with RO water or something?
I guess I'm gonna have to invest in a RO unit...I was hoping to avoid that and just keep cherries but it seems my tap water is ballscan anyone recommend what kind of RO to tap water ratio i should be shooting for? or how i should go about this? my shrimp that actually did survive molting are doing well, 2 are berried. last thing i want to do is kill them by messing up my parameters
I would add neat RO water slowly each week (20%) until you get the water parameters spot on. After that use re-mineralised RO water to maintain the water quality you have got. You need good GH and KH test kits.
I did this, my Shrimp are A grade and bred during the process
sounds good, ill give it a tryI would add neat RO water slowly each week (20%) until you get the water parameters spot on. After that use re-mineralised RO water to maintain the water quality you have got. You need good GH and KH test kits.
I did this, my Shrimp are A grade and bred during the process
thanks for the reply!Having read back your thread it maybe best to do a 10% water change twice a week, safer for shrimplets!sounds good, ill give it a try
gotcha, thanks! yeah im taking it slow, dripping the water in. my heart can't take any more deathsHaving read back your thread it maybe best to do a 10% water change twice a week, safer for shrimplets!
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