Will a little salt hurt java ferns and green algea? Also, at what point would the filter media bacteria be affected? I just just added some shrimp(ghost?) and was thinking of adding some salt.
Just a little salt
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, Jan 09 2013 08:12 PM
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Posted 09 January 2013 - 08:38 PM
Java fern grows well with two teaspoons of salt per gallon. Source: http://www.aqualandp...va Fern III.htm
I doubt the bacteria will be affected. API advertises their Quick Start bacteria for both salt and fresh water.
I doubt the bacteria will be affected. API advertises their Quick Start bacteria for both salt and fresh water.
Edited by EricaWieser, 09 January 2013 - 08:39 PM.
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Posted 10 January 2013 - 08:53 AM
The species commonly traded as ghost shrimp really doesn't need the salt either though.
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Posted 10 January 2013 - 10:22 AM
... unless of course you collected them in brackish water, in which case you may have Palaemonetes vulgaris or P. pugio. The strictly freshwater one typically sold as freshwater ghost/grass/glass shrimp is Palaemonetes paludosus which does just fine in very soft low-conductivity water.
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Posted 10 January 2013 - 10:26 AM
I never had much luck with them and the store does add salt to the feeder shrimp tank.
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