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I have a weird water change system - my main fish tank (100L, HEAVILY planted) gets water changes with conditioned tap water, but my other tanks get water changed with the water from that main tank (they're all 20L tanks). The plants probably do most of the conditioning work for me, and my driftwood reduces pH to about 5-6, so I don't add anything to the water when it goes into my shrimp tanks. This method works AMAZINGLY for me. In terms of ammonia... well... PLANTS! The plants basically make it so that I don't have any ammonia, nitrite or nitrate problems either. So, I guess if you have a fish tank that can play the role of the 'mama tank', so to speak, then try that. In terms of specific conditioners, though, I've heard great things about prime, but honestly API Super Strength does it for me. I'm only halfway through the bottle after a whole year, so it ends up being super cheap! I don't usually add mineralisers, but that's a personal choice. It honestly depends on the shrimp you keep and the parameters of your water out of the tap. Hope that helps mate!

Hello, Im new to shrimps and i always used water conditioners for my fish with no issues so far. I have read quite a bit on shrimps and honestly its like im having my first fish tank.. Anyhow i do not currently have a reverse osmosis water treatment and still using the good old water conditioner. What are the brands that are shrimp safe or you have experience with the like of Seachem prime, API stress coat or Tetra Aquasafe. Also when you use water conditioners do you add mineral salt?

My shrimps has been inactive lately, so i was wondering if adding some minerals would help them. I should really go buy a test kit as I have really limited information right now. Thats quite a leap from fish keeping to shrimp keeping ?.

I have used the Tetra Aquasafe to dechlorinate waterfor years and that seems fine. The question on whether you need mineral salts will depend on the parameters of the water (tank and source) and the shrimps you are planning on keeping? If you are using tap water then I assume it will be cherry (neocaridina) shrimp? Simon

1) Yes. 2) Are you using tap water? If yes, you don't need to remineralise the tap water. You only need to remineralise RO water, which is devoid of any useful minerals for fish or shrimp.

Will do! I'm going with adding 1g increments

I do love a mixed TB tank ? Like a bag of lollies. Great pics Simon. In saying that, my personality lends itself to order, so I'd probably prefer to pick one variation and dedicate a tank to that. Now to sneak another tank into the house..