wi_fishguy
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Vicki; Wow, you're trying so hard. We do not live in Seattle, but over on Whidbey Island. Our tap water is 7.8-8.2 PH, and super hard(did know the numbers but suffice to say it's practically liquid rocks). I've got a TDS meter and took readings but don't remember off hand what it was. All that being said, we have 2 tanks of shrimp, CRS in a Fluval 7G, and a 20 tall that used to be our guppy grow-out tank, until the Tangerine Tiger shrimp ate all the guppies. Both our tanks have hit the point of making way more shrimp than anything we put in can eat. We put a Syno. eupterus in the Fluval to grow a bit and he was up to 5" before we moved him to a larger tank. Shrimp population wasn't affected in the least.
I think, bottom line, don't get wrapped around the numbers. We don't test our water and have so many shrimp coming out of those 2 tanks with just good food and water changes.
Dennis & Heather
I think, bottom line, don't get wrapped around the numbers. We don't test our water and have so many shrimp coming out of those 2 tanks with just good food and water changes.
Dennis & Heather