Blue Tigers, like many caridina species, prefer softer water with a lower PH than neocaridina species. You might have a difficult time keeping blue pearls with them.
Blue Pearl Shrimp
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blue pearls like cherry shrimp hav a wide pH and hardness range inwhich they can live and ive seen plenty of people keeping cherry shrimp with CRS which leads me to believe this may be possible
True enough; it's certainly possible, but perhaps less than ideal. Water with a PH around 7 and a fairly low GH / KH might be a good place to start.
I can't keep any tigers, CRS, or anything like that because my water has a PH of 8 (And I'm too cheap to buy a booster pump for my RO system).
RCS and Malawa, on the other hand, love my water.
I can't keep any tigers, CRS, or anything like that because my water has a PH of 8 (And I'm too cheap to buy a booster pump for my RO system).
RCS and Malawa, on the other hand, love my water.True enough; it's certainly possible, but perhaps less than ideal. Water with a PH around 7 and a fairly low GH / KH might be a good place to start.
I can't keep any tigers, CRS, or anything like that because my water has a PH of 8 (And I'm too cheap to buy a booster pump for my RO system).
I was going to suggest RO water with a CO2 injection system to get the PH down around 6.3, but that is a pretty expensive way to go. With that said, when we finally get a single family house and I have more room for tanks, I'm going to go that route with a couple of caridina tanks. So far, I like the CRS, blue tigers, and some black shrimp that I just saw some pics of that somebody got from Germany.
If I had to choose, I'd probably go with CRS or some bee shrimp. I love their striking, not-as-translucent colors. 
i have the same pH problem you have and down the road when i get better at keeping pH's stabilized i will move to some of the more fragile species like CRS or bees. i will be doing a combo of driftwood, oak leaves, RO/distilled water, and maybe diy co2 to get the pH and hardness where i want them to be
That process of stabilizing your pH seems like it could get fairly complicated, lol. I also have the same pH problem; this week it tested at 8.2. For now I'm just happy with my RCS, which are doing really well in my water. You should keep us posted on how your shrimp are doing, sounds like a fun project
That process of stabilizing your pH seems like it could get fairly complicated, lol. I also have the same pH problem; this week it tested at 8.2. For now I'm just happy with my RCS, which are doing really well in my water. You should keep us posted on how your shrimp are doing, sounds like a fun project
If you are referring to what I wrote, that is what I do right now with all my tanks. I have pressurized CO2 running to all of them with a ph controller making sure the ph stays where I want it. Granted, all of the tanks are planted and all but one of them have some species of shrimp in them. I'm looking to put snowball shrimp in a 55 that I have amanos in right now, but that will have to wait until I see how these blue pearls are doing.
Honestly, once the system is set up, it is really easy to deal with. I do not have to worry about ph at all. The only thing I have to worry about is the kh of the water after water changes so I can get the CO2 level correct for the plants. Even if I have the kh value wrong for the plants, the ph level will almost always be correct for the shrimp.
I'm just looking forward to trying the process on some cardinia species at 6.3 versus the neocardinia species at 7.2 to 7.4.
