Donna Watts
Seedling
Hi all
Back in December I took the plunge and created a planted nano.
I couldn't be happier with the plant growth and health however I have a problem.
I introduced a small number of cherry shrimp. Quickly I noticed they were showing signs of poor moulting and then dying.
After a bit of research I have found this problem is down low GH and KH.
My problem is that I'm using tap Water with a GH of 18 but the tropica soil is pulling nearly all of the GH out and all of the KH.
I have been doing a 2 litre water changes every other day for over 3 weeks and I'm fighting a losing battle.
The conditions just don't meet those that are needed for cherries.
Is there any way to combat this?
Here is the tank
Thanks
Back in December I took the plunge and created a planted nano.
I couldn't be happier with the plant growth and health however I have a problem.
I introduced a small number of cherry shrimp. Quickly I noticed they were showing signs of poor moulting and then dying.
After a bit of research I have found this problem is down low GH and KH.
My problem is that I'm using tap Water with a GH of 18 but the tropica soil is pulling nearly all of the GH out and all of the KH.
I have been doing a 2 litre water changes every other day for over 3 weeks and I'm fighting a losing battle.
The conditions just don't meet those that are needed for cherries.
Is there any way to combat this?
Here is the tank
Thanks