Ohad Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Hello all , having some successes this week and slowly learning , I replaced the top on my aqueon 7.5 kit with a custom built lid and got the fluval 3.0 nano / plus root tabs from the co op! The effects are supper interesting (at least for me) the biggest effect was on my crypts lutea after two day with better lights (even before root tabs) the crypts grew tons of new fresh green leaves (always thought of this one as a low light plant) after along time of nothing , My micro sword is carpeting well was doing pretty good before the ne light too !! my hygrophila polysperma that was the fastest grower before new light (its basically an invasive weed that is illegal in some southern states but legal in Manhattan ) went straight up like soldiers but does not grow as fast anymore not what a thought that will happen but cool !! thinking about playing with some CO2 but this is for another day Now after I bored you all I have a question about keeping neocaridina in tap water ? who had success doing that ? I am using NYC tap water in my tank it seams to be stable so far 0. ammonia, 0 nitrite , about 20 nitrate, PH 7.0 , KH 40 ppm (problem?) , GH 150 ppm (my tap water are hard) I have pink Ramshorn snails that are doing good and having lots of babies and 4 guppies two normal two endlers what do you think can I bring in some shrimp? some of the internet is telling me no ROI water no go I attached a picture of my 2 months old tank still nothing to write home about but gives me great pleasure also I can not get a good picture with my phone of my bountiful endlers the move too fast 😞 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingFishKeeper Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 (edited) Hi, as I understand it your water parameters sound good, your Kh and Gh are a bit on the lower end, but I doubt it will cause a problem the only thing I see that might pose a problem is the nitrate, but given that your fish are happy it will probably also be fine. For the most part neocaridina shrimp prefer to have a lot of minerals in their water, whereas something like a caridina shrimp would need softer water which is where a reverse osmosis unit might be useful. Good luck! Edited February 17, 2021 by FlyingFishKeeper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohad Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 I am dossing easy green once a week and always thought the nitrate are from that ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingFishKeeper Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Ohh, sorry I misinterpreted and thought that you were saying that you had nitrates from your tap water, sorry about that! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohad Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 I also think that the law KH is from my substrate form what I found out but not sure I got this substrate with the kit it looks nice in my opinion but if I do it all over I will choose something better for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 You could put some crushed coral sand in your tank to increase your KH and GH or add some wonder shell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohad Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 what is a good GH for the shrimp? I always thought that GH 150 ppm is hard water ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 It all depends on what species of shrimp your keeping it like fish some like soft acidic water other like hard alkaline water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohad Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 1 minute ago, Colu said: It all depends on what species of shrimp your keeping it like fish some like soft acidic water other like hard alkaline water I would like to get neocaridina , cherry or ideally nice blue ones since I have red snails in the tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingFishKeeper Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 (edited) Neocaridina prefer to have harder water, with a pH of 7.0 or above. Most neocaridina shrimp in the aquarium hobby are of the Neocaridina davidi species of shrimp so a red cherry shrimp is the same as a blue dream. They are the same shrimp just with a different appearance so these parameters will work for pretty much all of the different variations similar to different strains of guppies, endlers, etc needing roughly the same water. Wikipedia has a list of neocaridina shrimp and a page on the individual species, and I also highly recommend Aquarium Coop's care guides on them too. Edited February 18, 2021 by FlyingFishKeeper 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JettsPapa Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 I think your water is fine, but you mentioned possibly using CO2 in the future. I'd urge you to be cautious about that since I've seen some reports that it will, or at least can, cause pH swings that shrimp don't handle well. I haven't used CO2, so hopefully someone who has can address that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohad Posted February 18, 2021 Author Share Posted February 18, 2021 3 minutes ago, JettsPapa said: I think your water is fine, but you mentioned possibly using CO2 in the future. I'd urge you to be cautious about that since I've seen some reports that it will, or at least can, cause pH swings that shrimp don't handle well. I haven't used CO2, so hopefully someone who has can address that. I am a newb, I went to a store to buy a fish tank for my daughter I got back with a tank full of plants and no fish I had no idea that I will go down that rabbit hole now I am obsessed about these plants . I don't think any of these plants I currently have need CO2 thou I got a fancy light and I am dossing easy green daily now otherwise the plants start to suffer .... long story short I will get another tank do a more fancy scaping and leave this one for my doughtier 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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