Red crystal shrimp ph

[Ijustlikefish]

I love RCS they have always been my favorite invert, I would like to know if I can successfully keep them in a ph of 7.8 to 8.0?

 

[Sprinkle]

Yes

 

[Ijustlikefish]

Yes

Do you know if they can be kept in 80 degrees?

 

[Sprinkle]

Should be fine, their reproduction and growth rate will be faster and they may die (thats what i heard) faster as well.

 

[dougall]

I would pay attention to hardness and TDS before pH.

And my preferred temperature would be around 70F, 80 is more than I would prefer.

 

[NoahLikesFish]

Yeah caridina likes soft water but not straight rodi

 

[Sprinkle]

Yeah caridina likes soft water but not straight rodi

Nope. They will also do thrive in hard water. I keep neocaradinas, amano and gabon shrimps in my hard water (14dGH) with pH of 7.5. They bred multiple times.

 

[NoahLikesFish]

Not neocaridina caridina

 

[Sprinkle]

Kkk chill geez... farm bred shrimp even caridinas could still do great in hard water, high pH etc

 

[ykthaname]

ik everyone likes to act like all caridina need the same and all neos need the same. different varieties thrive in different environments. if you dont think swamp species thrive in different conditions than shrimp from fast flowing rivers youre beyond help. ex: tigers come from swamps crystals come from large rivers making crystals allot less hardy than tigers. i definitely would bot recommend keeping them at 80 but they’ll probably survive fine. id expect their life to be atleast cut in half not that that’s terrible or anything if you get them breeding