EnderUK
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I'm thinking of adding some amano shrimp shrimp to my main tank and wondering if they'll be okay. The reason I ask is that I originally had 8 glass shrimp in there and am now down to 2. The biggest cause of death seemed to be after molting three of the deaths was when the females were carrying eggs under their tails.
Tap water is pretty soft 75 TDS, tank is around 200-375 TDS with EI dosing and 75% weekly water changes (done slowly). Tap has around 20ppm calcium so I don't add it but I do have a tub of CaSO4.
In my low tech tank I have oyster grit to raise the calcium and ph when it turns acidic but don't think this would be a solution in the high tech. I'm thinking that I could add CaSO4 to put some extra calcium into the water.
Am I over thinking this and the Amano shrimp will be okay?
Thanks.
Tap water is pretty soft 75 TDS, tank is around 200-375 TDS with EI dosing and 75% weekly water changes (done slowly). Tap has around 20ppm calcium so I don't add it but I do have a tub of CaSO4.
In my low tech tank I have oyster grit to raise the calcium and ph when it turns acidic but don't think this would be a solution in the high tech. I'm thinking that I could add CaSO4 to put some extra calcium into the water.
Am I over thinking this and the Amano shrimp will be okay?
Thanks.