Dear seniors,

Recently I have been having a spate of shrimp deaths. Yesterday 4 Sakura fire red died, today another one died

My tank is a 2ftx1x1
My water parameters are as such:
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite:0
Nitrate:0

PH 7.0-7.2
GH 9-10
KH 5
Temperature 27-28

Could the death be due to a change in PH? I noticed that the PH rose quite significantly over a period of 1-2 weeks. The last time I measured the PH was 6.6 and rose to 6.8 and rose to 7.0 and now 7.2.

Could this be the biggest reason for the death? I have removed the coral chips from my filter and I noticed that the PH has drop back to 6.8 -7.0

My PH rose because the GH rose from from 6 to 10.

Is the GH too high as well?


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