Reddit reviews Salty Shrimp Mineral GH/KH+ 200g
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Vital Minerals and trace elements for shrimp, crayfish, snails and fish, as well as for a functioning biosystemImprove the water condition and provide your tank inhabitants with all the essentials for their health and wellbeingSupport the activities of the all-important filter bacteria and improve plant growthEspecially designed for the preparation of neutral aquarium water for keeping and breeding shrimpUse Shrimp Mineral to re-mineralise RO water, rainwater, fully desalinated water etc.
All your perimeters right(ph, gh/kh)? I had a really hard time keeping shrimp in my old 5g, my colony would never get above 15 and would dip to 6 sometimes. I was using plain gravel and hard tap water. PH was a little high, gh/kh were unbalanced.
I Swapped out to a new tank with fluval stratum (soil, buffers the PH), remineralizing RO (filtered) water, and now my shrimp breed like crazy.
Also, with a beta you would want to make sure there are moss/plants and other places for the shrimp to hide out (ceramic tubes maybe)
Whelp, from one newer shrimp keeper to another I hope this helps you out.
Something like this?
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00HZLUGSI/ref=pd_aw_sim_199_0_2975478011_1?
Don't apologize! We all have to learn somewhere and it's good that you asked, so we can help you out. :)
pH 8 gH 180 kH 240 = tap water, most likely. That's a low acidity and high hardness, the likes of which RO/DI systems filter out completely. If your filters were working properly, you'd read closer to pH 7, gH 0, kH 0.
You need remineralizers like the ones I mentioned earlier because once you get new filters and install them, they're going to take all minerals out of the water, which puts water in an "unnatural" state -- it becomes "hungry" water. If you water change with nonmineralized RO/DI, it's eventually going to cause the water to leech the nutrients out of the fish and plants, which will trigger osmotic shock when the equilibrium maintained by the fish in their skin becomes unbalanced.
Luckily, you haven't been using true RO/DI, so your fish should be OK (reliant on if you've still been using Prime or some other dechlorinator to treat your water before). But in the future, remember! Make RO/DI -> Remineralize -> Acclimate Temp -> Water change!
Links to the Remineralizers that I mentioned:
Salty Shrimp gH/kH+
Kent RO Right
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