Cherry Shrimp Water Parameters Gh Kh

Unfortunately carbonate hardness kh and general hardness gh are commonly confused.

Cherry shrimp water parameters gh kh. Gh stands for the general hardness and is basically the amount of calcium and magnesium ions in the water measured in parts per million. Breeding red cherry shrimp. General hardness gh or total hardness is an important water parameter to shrimp keeping and breeding. Water parameters for neocaridina shrimp.

Temperature 72 f to 76 f 22 c to 24 c water parameters for caridina shrimp. Today i will talk about kh. Ive decided to go with the salty shrimp gh to bump the gh up a bit 4 5 see how the ph goes as the tank continues to cycle and leave the kh for now if the ph remains low i might have a go at trying to get it around 6 6 from what ive read some people have had issues with 6 2 and heaps of people have had happy shrimp around the 6 6 6 8 mark. There are three key factors that people tend to talk about those are ph gh and kh.

Ph 6 5 to 7 5. Kh in shrimp tank is one of the most important water parameters in shrimp keeping hobby. For neocaridina species or commonly known as cherry painted fire bloody mary shrimp blue jelly blue dreams green jade and black rose the parameters i keep them in are. Next up we have gh.

Therefore the maintenance of good water parameters is crucial for both survival growth and breeding of our pets. General hardness gh represents the overall concentration of salts calcium magnesium iron etc but does not identify which of these elements is are the source of hardness. Caridina shrimp require a gh of between 4 8 bee shrimp between 4 6 neocaridina shrimp between 6 8 and sulawesi shrimp between 4 6. Gh test kits can also be bought at most pet stores.

As long as water parameters are in order the shrimp will reproduce readily with females carrying eggs pretty much all the time.