CMG
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Hello,
I have been looking into getting a shrimp, I would like either a fire red shrimp or a coral banded shrimp. In my readings I have found that shrimp are not as tolerant of nitrates as fish but it never really gives a range of nitrate tolerance. I have a 40g FOWLR with 3 damsels and a nasirus snail and my nitrates range from 0-5 maybe even up to 10 sometimes depending on when the last water change was. Is this too high? I am also having a diatom bloom now and dont know if that is harmful to shrimp? Thank you.
I have been looking into getting a shrimp, I would like either a fire red shrimp or a coral banded shrimp. In my readings I have found that shrimp are not as tolerant of nitrates as fish but it never really gives a range of nitrate tolerance. I have a 40g FOWLR with 3 damsels and a nasirus snail and my nitrates range from 0-5 maybe even up to 10 sometimes depending on when the last water change was. Is this too high? I am also having a diatom bloom now and dont know if that is harmful to shrimp? Thank you.