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It's my understanding that benifical bacteria need KH and a higher ph to cycle. I'm currently trying to fishless cycle a tank. Current ph is 6.3. Kh is 0. Using an Ugf with aquasoil. Will this tank never cycle?

Two weeks ago I decided to purchase from a vendor who was advertising on aquaswap. superiorshrimpaquatics.com. I ordered 10 blue Rili and 10 red rilli. Shipping was OK and they arrived a day early. Shrimp were seperated in bags and both looked to be very lethargic. I drip acclimated them to a already established shrimp tank for 3 hours. Every single shrimp with the exception of 1 red rilli has died.

The blue rilli was straight up culls. As were the red rilli. Blotchy, off color. It looked like I got two bright blues and two carbon rilli. I my bag of 10. Seller did not send any extra for DOA

I also ordered shrimp off Amazon (knowing they were imported.) which arrived the next day after I re

I talking cream of the crop. Specially looking for some Rili shrimp, and possibly blue. I see flip aquatics has some "fantasy blue" shrimp that are $100 for 10.

Looking to start a shrimp tank, but I'm torn between which species would be better suited. I'm planning on putting the culls into my large, co2 planted tank that has a lower ph and co2. Will neocaridina shrimp be OK in a planted tank? The breeding tank will be tuned to the specific shrimps parameters.