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from what i heard, houston water is pretty hard right? anyone had to modify their water to keep red crystal shrimps?
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I use Distilled water from the grocery store, though I think some fish stores sell RO water. I just keep them in smaller tanks to avoid high water costs.In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
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oh nice, i found a place that sell RO water for 25 cents per gallon. guess a 10 gallons tank will only cost me 50 cents a week in water changeComment
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for shrimp you don't really want soft water per say..
what you really want is water with low pH
soft water but with high pH will shorten the lives of CRSComment
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You can mix RO half and half with tap to bring tds down, then acidify with peat to bring down ph. You never want to use straight RO or distilled to house your fish or shrimp as this will cause osmoregulation problems for them.
MarkWhat are the facts? Again and again and again--what are the facts? Shun wishful thinking, ignore devine revelation, forget what "the stars foretell", avoid opinion, care not what the neighbors think, never mind the unguessable "verdict of history"--what are the facts, and to how many decimal places? You pilot always into an unknown future; facts are your only clue.
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+130Long: L134 Leopard Frog Plecos X16, Corydoras Sterbai X9, Endlers X4
Small ADA nano (~8gal): ... BKK or OEBT breeding tank in the works!
75g Craigslist Special: In the works...Comment
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i see, interesting. maybe i'll do a half and half. the substrate i'm using is supposed to keep pH low anyways.Comment
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if you are using ada for crs you should wait at least 2 month... the ph swing will kill your crsComment
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oh no, i got this REX substrate from japan. friend came back on a business trip and gave me about 9 pounds of itComment
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i'm sorry, it's called GEX***
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hey.. maybe that thing will be radiated and you'll have a new species of glowing shrimp!!!
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lol, hopefully manufactured before the nuclear incidentComment
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So I am setting up my first freshwater shrimp tank, a 6 gallon Fluval Edge. I have lots of experience with saltwater tanks but know almost nothing about fresh water chemistry. I have an RO/DI filter and would like to use RO water for this tank but was surprised when you said to mix RO and tap water for a shrimp tank. Are there chemicals/conditioners that I could add to the RO water in place of mixing with my 400+ TDS tap water?Comment
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