Hi! I have a 29 gallon freshwater tank and a 5 gallon fresh water tank. I just recently moved back home and my water source is on a well. The water source from the well is very soft water with Very high PH.
I had the 5 gallon tank setup with one male guppy and 1 cherry shrimp that I had purchased back in February. They were doing fine with water changes through Tapwater with Prime seachem.
Long story short I’ve upgraded to a 29 gallon and they’re both now in the same room using the same water source. There’s no copper from my water source as I’ve tested with a kit.
My main concern of this post is my water parameters from my tapwater and what I’ve been using in my tanks for decor etc.
I use both a liquid test kit and the 6 in 1 tetra strips that measures closely to the liquid test kit. They were recommended by Aquarium Co-op.
I’m not sure how to attach a picture of the tests. I don’t see any attach or link button on the Reddit app through IOS.
Water source parameters with testing from Tap Water:
PPM Tap Water? Ammonia: 0 Nitrate: 0 Nitrite: 0 GH: 0 Chlorine:0 Alkalinity(KH): 40-80 range. Looks more like 80 PH: 8.4
So my well water is extremely soft with very high PH.
In my tanks, I get different parameters:
29 Gallon Parameters and Fish stocking and Plant lineup:
Ammonia: 0 Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: 10-20 very light pink. GH: 300ish very hard Chlorine: 0 Kh: 0-40 Ph: 7.8-8.4 pinkish
Fish: Powder blue gourami, 2 female guppies, 15+ Neocaridina shrimp. I know the gourami shouldn’t been with shrimp but the shrimp are very active and he hasn’t eaten them. They either use the cholla wood or rocks to move around/ scavenge. They often times are out and about.
Decor: Ohko Dragonstone, 3 6 inch cholla wood, 3 medium sized Indian Almond Leaves, 1 2/5 Wonder Shell(Calcium/Magnesium and GH increase)
5 java Ferns, 4 Flame moss pads, 5 Java moss pads, 10 Marimo Moss Balls. My Marimo moss balls look good, but my Java ferns have browning at tips. I’ve been leaving light on for 10 hours but I’ve got algae on glass and rocks. I’m trying to get light to go for 6-7 hours now. I have a light timer as well.
My shrimp have been molting as I see their molts and they’ve been feeding well. I have had deaths since I’ve got them though.
The deaths happen at night time, I think my Ph swings at night time. My fish are fine. I’ll actually just post the information for my 29 gallon as this post is long already.
Tl;dr. My shrimp were bought a week ago from Aquatic Arts, they’re cherry shrimp but Neo Yellows. They sometimes die at night time. I think it’s from a Ph swing because my KH is really low. The plants release Co2 at night time and causes PH to swing from what I understand. What can I do to improve my extremely soft water with very high PH? I already add Wondershells and Indians almond leaves with cholla wood.
I had the 5 gallon tank setup with one male guppy and 1 cherry shrimp that I had purchased back in February. They were doing fine with water changes through Tapwater with Prime seachem.
Long story short I’ve upgraded to a 29 gallon and they’re both now in the same room using the same water source. There’s no copper from my water source as I’ve tested with a kit.
My main concern of this post is my water parameters from my tapwater and what I’ve been using in my tanks for decor etc.
I use both a liquid test kit and the 6 in 1 tetra strips that measures closely to the liquid test kit. They were recommended by Aquarium Co-op.
I’m not sure how to attach a picture of the tests. I don’t see any attach or link button on the Reddit app through IOS.
Water source parameters with testing from Tap Water:
PPM Tap Water? Ammonia: 0 Nitrate: 0 Nitrite: 0 GH: 0 Chlorine:0 Alkalinity(KH): 40-80 range. Looks more like 80 PH: 8.4
So my well water is extremely soft with very high PH.
In my tanks, I get different parameters:
29 Gallon Parameters and Fish stocking and Plant lineup:
Ammonia: 0 Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: 10-20 very light pink. GH: 300ish very hard Chlorine: 0 Kh: 0-40 Ph: 7.8-8.4 pinkish
Fish: Powder blue gourami, 2 female guppies, 15+ Neocaridina shrimp. I know the gourami shouldn’t been with shrimp but the shrimp are very active and he hasn’t eaten them. They either use the cholla wood or rocks to move around/ scavenge. They often times are out and about.
Decor: Ohko Dragonstone, 3 6 inch cholla wood, 3 medium sized Indian Almond Leaves, 1 2/5 Wonder Shell(Calcium/Magnesium and GH increase)
5 java Ferns, 4 Flame moss pads, 5 Java moss pads, 10 Marimo Moss Balls. My Marimo moss balls look good, but my Java ferns have browning at tips. I’ve been leaving light on for 10 hours but I’ve got algae on glass and rocks. I’m trying to get light to go for 6-7 hours now. I have a light timer as well.
My shrimp have been molting as I see their molts and they’ve been feeding well. I have had deaths since I’ve got them though.
The deaths happen at night time, I think my Ph swings at night time. My fish are fine. I’ll actually just post the information for my 29 gallon as this post is long already.
Tl;dr. My shrimp were bought a week ago from Aquatic Arts, they’re cherry shrimp but Neo Yellows. They sometimes die at night time. I think it’s from a Ph swing because my KH is really low. The plants release Co2 at night time and causes PH to swing from what I understand. What can I do to improve my extremely soft water with very high PH? I already add Wondershells and Indians almond leaves with cholla wood.
