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awesome pics i need to get my hands on some of those bee's!

Is kh all that important with shrimp? well i guess it depends what type of shrimp it is but im sure cherries dont care much but i bet crs will..my kh is usually 3-4dkh and gh 3-4dgh

Best prob to do 10% or so like 3 times a week although i just do 30-40% every week or so with no problems. It wont affect the bacteria growth really as long as your filter has been runnning for a long time and has bacteria growth or if you use a sponge filter that is well aged then it also wont be a...

It should work but wont it get annoying after a while having to always buy these big cases of water when you want to do water changes? i guess as long as everything in the tank is happy it should be fine. I know R/O water is safe only thing that might be a problem in the long run (although not yet p...

I only use seachem prime for my 30% water changes. I take out the amount of water i want than use 70% tap water which i add seachem prime to that then pour into my tank than fill the rest with R/O water no problems no need for aging the water and all that hassle.

could there be a problem with lacking calcium? although this is prob unlikely the cause.

Dude those are some pretty nice crs! i must say for 6$? you might be wrong though but if not lucky you

Yep like badflash said make sure your water is acidic PH atleast 7.0 or better 6.5 prob otherwise 1. They wont breed as often if at all. 2. Their life span will be much shorter..i did the mistake by introducing my crs into my tank with cherries that had PH of 7.5+ the cherries do fine and breed i go...

My R/O PH is 6.5 my dad when he did water changes on his discus tanks a long time ago he said he used a mix or tap and R/O and did about 50% or so
and the PH would drop down to 6 and lower sometimes the lowest it can almost go at times over a couple months.

Ya thats true i agree with you on that. I think i will use my 10 gal setup later on in the future for RCS and my 25 gal setup for CRS. But i plan to rescape my 25 gal later on so i will have to move my RCS to the 10 gal anyways. Then once my 25 gal is setup and PH is lower than i will add some CRS. ...

Hm, lucky me I think we use PVC pipes but i never use hot water its always more cool than warm. Today i sadly saw another dead CRS. All my Cherries are doing great but the CRS are all dying i only have 2 left i believe but atleast i know whats causing it now (the PH). :( Ill miss the CRS though but ...

okay well that makes things easier i know some people that let the water age overnight but never really knew if its actually neccessary. Good to know, so next water change ill take out 20% like normal then dose the prime that i need for the amount that was replaced and then add cool water directly f...

alright thanks for the help, do you let the water age over night with a airstone? or do you simply take the amount of water from your tap that you need to refill your tank then add the amount of prime you need for the water which you replaced?

I use SeaChem Prime as my dechlorinator for my weekly 20% water changes. Just wondering for my 25 gal i take out 5 gals every week how much Prime would i need to add to the 5 gals?

25-29 gal 30 x 12 x 18