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Anyway I am planning on getting some North Queensland zebra shrimp and have been advised that they need purigen in the water/ filter other wise they will just drop like flies. However my dilimea is I don't use ferts in my tanks (the plants are growing great without them) and I don't use Co2 injection, so I am a bit concerned that by adding purigen and its ability to remove orgaic compounds that I will then have to muck around with ferts etc to keep my plants happy. Can anyone advise if by adding purigen to my filter, if I will need to also find shrimp friendly ferts etc. The tank that I am planning on adding the North Queensland Zebra shrimp to only houses corydoras, Borneo Suckers, and some cherry shrimp at the moment and the only new additions will be the N. QLD Zebra shrimp.
Thanks
Anyway I am planning on getting some North Queensland zebra shrimp and have been advised that they need purigen in the water/ filter other wise they will just drop like flies. However my dilimea is I don't use ferts in my tanks (the plants are growing great without them) and I don't use Co2 injection, so I am a bit concerned that by adding purigen and its ability to remove orgaic compounds that I will then have to muck around with ferts etc to keep my plants happy. Can anyone advise if by adding purigen to my filter, if I will need to also find shrimp friendly ferts etc. The tank that I am planning on adding the North Queensland Zebra shrimp to only houses corydoras, Borneo Suckers, and some cherry shrimp at the moment and the only new additions will be the N. QLD Zebra shrimp.
Thanks