Twister54 Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 I did my first PH test today, never bothered before as the shrimp came out a fish tank my partner has so I assumed it would be fine. The test showed a PH of 6.8 JosephKex and Edwardnah 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twister54 Posted July 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 I was under the impression cherries needed a PH of about 7.5. They all seem to be doing fine, and have been breeding like mad. Should I be doing anything to the PH or is it fine as it is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChadO Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 Cherries are pretty robust (pH range of 6.5-8 based on common charts), and if they have been happy and breeding well for you in their current water (and you are getting good baby survival) I wouldn't change a thing. It is tempting to change existing parameters to match ideals, but many shrimp can adapt (within reason) and enjoy stability more than anything else. I couldn't quite tell if you knew your partner's tank parameters or not, but it might be interesting to test that water as well. If you are both using the same methods, you may find their water is close to yours (i.e. same tap water, etc). At any rate, unless they were breeding, but babies weren't surviving, they were lethargic, etc., I wouldn't change a thing from what you have now. Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twister54 Posted July 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 Thanks that's good to know! No I didn't have a clue haven't tested the water before just assumed it was fine because they had survived in his tank. It's the same tap water, same primer etc, I just moved them from a filter that they'd got stuck in in his tank to a new one set up for them. He added some cribs in the fish tank and they had eaten the rest of the shrimp population. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DETAquarium Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 Chad hit the nail on the head. Many hobbyists get the impression they need to match identically their water parameters with those of another reference. When it comes to Neocaridina shrimp they are much hardier and can accept extreme water parameters of one spectrum to the next. Ideally though if your shrimp look happy, breeding, molting, etc. keep doing what your doing. 6.8 PH really isn't to far off the cuff either way. Great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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