KH, GH, pH, cycling, and testing explained.
Your tap water reads somewhere near the Sulawesi range, and an RO unit looks like one more thing to buy before the shrimp arrive. Sulawesi shrimp, the lake-system Caridina species traded as Cardinal, Sulawesi White Sock, Sulawesi Blue Ghost and…
Your Sulawesi tank’s pH keeps wandering even though the GH reading looks fine. The number you’re missing is KH, the carbonate reserve that decides how far pH moves each day and where it settles when it stops moving. You’re asking…
So how often should you be changing water in a Sulawesi shrimp tank? Much less often than most shrimp advice suggests: Sulawesi shrimp don’t need frequent water changes, and a fixed weekly schedule is one of the easier ways to…
Setting up a Sulawesi tank and not sure which numbers to aim for? Sulawesi shrimp need warm, alkaline, mineral-rich water held very stable: about 79-86°F (26-30°C), pH 7.5-8.5, GH 4-8 dGH, KH 3-6 dKH and TDS 150-250 ppm, with ammonia…
