How to make water params ready for Tigers?

jamesstill84

jamesstill84

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Jan 2, 2009
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I am interested in breeding Blue and Black Tiger Shrimp. However, my water parameters aren't up to par. My PH is 7.4 out of the faucet. I don't know how to lower it without using a chemical that could potentially hurt the inverts and that wouldn't be permanent anyway... I don't know the details on my water hardness/softness, cause I'm still waiting on my test kit to arrive.

Anyone know how to lower my PH permanently on this tank?
 
I believe ADA soil is all that and a bag of potatoe chips when going the tiger or crystal red shrimp way, both lowers and gives soft water.
 
I found a place to buy it cheap, but after the initial setup, when I do water changes, is the soil going to adjust the PH back down? Does the soil break down & stop doing this over time?
 
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could you put peat in your filter? i hear that lowers your PH.
 
rocker92 said:
could you put peat in your filter? i hear that lowers your PH.
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That could be a possibility too. I don't know much about it either unfortunately.
 
uses ada aquasoil. it continues to bring down your water ph and stablize to 6.x. I think it can last for at least 1 year.
 
After the year and the soil breaks down, do I have to replace it or what? Sorry. I've only ever used gravel or sand...
 
Would I need to get TypeII or TypeI Aquasoil? I've heard that one of them breaks down really bad...
 
Hey James,

I am using ADA 1 soil...you will need to cycle to soil for 1month + until ammonia level read zero...Very important....Over time the ph will stablize at around 6.4 and after about a yeaar + the soil starts to wear down and ph begin to rise. I am only speaking from my own experiences....Before soil breaks down say about 9 months...then I would buy more ADA soil and cycle it and whenever your original tank soil starts to break..I would add newly cycled ADA soil maybe a cup at a time...

Great Info or what? LOL took me 100s of CRS to research and finally figure them out...Goodluck! Happy CRS keeping! Thank me later : P
 
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