Majsa
Member
I’m thinking of setting up my NanoCube 20 for Crystal Black shrimp, but since I haven’t kept any of those “fancy” shrimp before I’m a bit uncertain about water parameters.
I am now keeping Tangerine Tigers in a low tech - 50/50 tap and rain water and they are doing great. The TDS is below 200, and I suspect GH and KH are both about 4 (but would need to measure to be sure). I have no idea about the PH but must be somewhere around 7.5. Would this recipe work for crystals too, possibly with more rain water and less tap, or is the balance between GH and KH bad? Can you otherwise use just rain water and remineralise it to get the KH right? I’d rather not set up a RO system. Filtering the rain water first could be an option, if needed.
Further I’d just use regular rounded gravel or old soil, but with leaf litter.
Would a small amount of CO2 be bad, possibly 24/7?
Hoping to hear your opinions, thanks
I am now keeping Tangerine Tigers in a low tech - 50/50 tap and rain water and they are doing great. The TDS is below 200, and I suspect GH and KH are both about 4 (but would need to measure to be sure). I have no idea about the PH but must be somewhere around 7.5. Would this recipe work for crystals too, possibly with more rain water and less tap, or is the balance between GH and KH bad? Can you otherwise use just rain water and remineralise it to get the KH right? I’d rather not set up a RO system. Filtering the rain water first could be an option, if needed.
Further I’d just use regular rounded gravel or old soil, but with leaf litter.
Would a small amount of CO2 be bad, possibly 24/7?
Hoping to hear your opinions, thanks