Ph And Shrimp

[jsmathieson]

My pH is about 6.0 or less.. is that ok for my ghost shrimp? I read somewhere that ghost shrimp don't like the lower pH. They seem alright but I did have one die today.

I stopped messing with the pH because I think the product I was using to keep my pH at 7.0 was stoping my tank from cycling. I put fish in before I knew about cycling so I am using Prime to detoxify ammonia, and nitrites so my tank wil cycle it seems to be working. My tap water is at 6.0 should I buy water that has a neutral pH. Is there such a thing?

Thanks for the help.

 

[moray]

Check that the stuff you are putting in the tank is invert safe, a lot of medications etc are poisonous to shrimps and their like. Also ghost shrimp do tend to prefer harder water.