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Originally Posted by AaronT I thought of another question in the meantime. Are you able to keep shrimp in pH that low? Many of us keep Neocaridina and Caridina shrimp that are said to need a pH of 6.5-7.0 or so. |
It used to be said that....phosphate causes algae, nitrate is poison, you gotta have red clay under the substrate, some plants have to have root feeding, etc. I suspect that those who say pH of 6.5-7.0 is needed for some animal life, whether shrimp or discus, or whatever, are just repeating what somebody told them. I know my cherry shrimp are doing very well and my pH varies quite a bit from water change to water change, so I suspect that shrimp react to dissolved solids and not pH, just as fish do.