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So the other day, I decided to take a few tests of the water params in the new tank and notice something moving. Upon a closer look I noticed two very small fry swimming about the tank. Apparently a few eggs hitched a ride on the plants or driftwood that I aged in my 29gal planted tank. It's been ...

I've tried two different test kits with the same results (Hagen kH/gH, Hagen low range pH, Hagen high range pH, and TetraTest kH/gH). I know that carbonate hardness isn't necessarily the only thing that will affect my alkalinity since there are other buffers, though their contribution to alkalinity ...

By the way, is anyone out there from the Colorado Springs area besides me? I'm on Springs Utilities water and I get some strange readings for hardness and pH. From the tap both kH and gH are nearly zero (~10ppm CaCo3) but the pH is around 7.8. I have to add baking soda and CO2 just to get the kH up ...

Thanks for all the replies. I'm adding plants to the tank this week and will be cycling it for a while before adding the shrimp. As an update to my first post, apparently RCS are extremely adept at camouflage despite the bright red coloring... at least one was spotted yesterday while I did a water ...

I recently acquired a 20gal long tank that I'm considering raising freshwater shrimp in. It's a completely new setup so I'm looking for some recommendations as to what would be ideal for small shrimp (ie Amanos or Red Cherries). It will definitely be heavily planted with small granular substrate. I ...