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First off, sry for making another one of these. I've been reading a lot but I figure it doesn't hurt to ask. So a few of my cherry shrimp didn't make it through their molting this time (5 out of 14). I won't be able to afford a testing kit til the end of the month, so til then I've been going to the store to get my water tested. They use the paper strips, so sorry if it's not exact. Parameters are:
Temp:75
PH: 7.8-8.4
Ammonia: 0
Nitrites: 0
Nitrates: 0-20
GH: 150 (not sure what the conversion is to drops)
KH: 120-180
My tap water tested the same (besides temp). A day or two before I noticed the trouble, I found a dead shrimp who looked like he had been dead for a little while. I was worried about the water quality so I did a larger than usual water change (which I realize now was probably a mistake). The tank is heavily planted and I've been feeding them ocean nutrition shrimp wafers for freshwater shrimp a few times a week. The tank is probably 4-5 months old and the shrimp have been in it and doing fine for about 2 months.
So anyways there it is, any advice to adjust parameters or anything would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Temp:75
PH: 7.8-8.4
Ammonia: 0
Nitrites: 0
Nitrates: 0-20
GH: 150 (not sure what the conversion is to drops)
KH: 120-180
My tap water tested the same (besides temp). A day or two before I noticed the trouble, I found a dead shrimp who looked like he had been dead for a little while. I was worried about the water quality so I did a larger than usual water change (which I realize now was probably a mistake). The tank is heavily planted and I've been feeding them ocean nutrition shrimp wafers for freshwater shrimp a few times a week. The tank is probably 4-5 months old and the shrimp have been in it and doing fine for about 2 months.
So anyways there it is, any advice to adjust parameters or anything would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!