Salty shrimp gh +

[bailey88]

If I use the salty shrimp gh+ can I or should I still use the calcium bentonite clay or it's not recommended ??? Any info woul be great thanks in advance cheers brendon

[Sprae]

I'd say you don't need to. But it's not serious if you did, other than increase TDS as it will do long term anyway.

[bailey88]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge sprae

[Dean]

hi Brendon,

the saltyshrimp bee shrimp mineral GH+ already contains calcium in it, so there is no need to continue adding anything else to the water.

it is the most complete mineral additive for RO water on the market and needs nothing else to be successful.

i use it in all my tanks and add absolutely nothing else to my water and my shrimp could not be happier :)

[bailey88]

Too easy dean I'll be buying some salty shrimp gh+ off you within the week

[Dean]

no prob mate, you could save on postage and get it from jeff @ liverpoolcreek aquarium :) or im happy to take your $$;)

[bailey88]

Haha too easy dean I forgot he stocks it now I'll take a look either way I'm buying some get my to system this week hopefully

[Triggs]

Calcium will also increase your KH, Which isn't always a good thing.

If you already have enough Ca in your aquarium that the Shrimps/live stock require. Then by adding more Ca you're just increasing the KH and TDS as mentioned above. If your KH is lower than what you want this could be a good thing. But if you already have a KH that you want increasing it or adding Ca isn't really helping at all

Adding too much Ca too quickly into an Aquarium will also cause the KH to raise rapidly which isn't always good for Shrimp health either. You want the tank as stable as possible. any increases/changes should always be done very slowly and gradually.

[bailey88]

I'll take that into account when i do testing before I add the shrimp thanks triggs

[Triggs]

I'll take that into account when i do testing before I add the shrimp thanks triggs

Your welcome buddy, I like to set mine up with as close to ideal parameters as possible. Then slowly acclimatize the shrimp to those parameters via the slow drip technique and then it's just a matter of ensuring maintaining those parameters.

This is just my personal view/belief however, Many people have had success with other ways. The most important thing really is stability.

[bailey88]

That's what I'm aiming for this time round the rack I'm setting up has got all the bells and whistles on it because before joining this forum I didn't know that all this stuff existed i just used basic stuff from LFS as we have bugger all to do with shrimp my way so I didn't know any Better and neither did the LFS so you guys educating me is also educating them