My Noobish Shrimp Tank

[ailnaz]

Finally caught the nymph. Placing it in a small tank without mates until I decide on what to do with it.

Any suggestions anyone?

[ailnaz]

Hi hope this will help you

after the cycle, I did a 90% WC will brought the nitrate from 30ish to 10ish, no live stock at that time
at any time you do a big WC, the nitrate should be around 20 ish , because i tested our tap water is at that range

Nitrate can be ignore for now .. its the less problem than ammonia and nitrite
You have to increase the kH and gH for fire red, other wise they will die of difficulty molting in new tank syndrome, low kh will get pH swing faster/stronger
I increase by putting mineral stone from GC, it has calcium oxide, note it may increase pH too temporarily. But your buffer medium will eventually override to the usual pH like your soil.
I also use ketapang leave to balance the pH.

My water for fire red is
FR colony - 50 ish
ph 6.5
kh 2
gh 5
ammonia 0
nitrite 0
nitrate 20

I think ph range 6-7 pH for cherry/sakura/fire red is fine. below 6 has some dead reported. somehow i feel 6.5 - 7pH they are more active. not sure if its just me...
I will suggest to keep them at slightly below 7 range if you just going to keep sakura/fire red. Because its easier to do pwc and top ups from tap water 7.2pH.

enjoy !

Thanks a bunch for the tons of info you have put in. Really help me in getting a basic guideline for my tank.

Thanks to all that have helped me too. Really appreciate all the help, tips and recommendation for my tank.