What happen to my female CRS

[RTG]

Hi all,

Can any1 help and tell me wat happen to my female A grade CRS. Use to b A graded at first and after a few time berried the white pattern start to turn into red. Is tat normal just happen to the female crs only, so far i didnt notice any male one yet. Do they change color bcos of their age? or wat wrong with my tank water?. Please advise if i miss out anything here, very appriciated for all ur help.

Tank temp: 23degree
Tank fully cycle and running for a year now
Subtrate: ADA amazonia aqua soil I
Ph: 7
amonia: 0
nitrite: 0
nitrate: 3-5 at the end of the week
kh: 2
Gh: 4
TDS: 30
water change 30% twice a week with RO water
Filtration: eheim 2228
Diet: hikari algae wafers and shirakura shrimp ball food

This how look like B4
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After (two chubby one in the middle)
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[splur]

Er, are you sure it's the same one? Maybe a bad molt?

Anyways, some of my female CRS's white becomes less vibrant when they're berried or about to be berried. It's mostly due to the redness of the eggs coming through a bit, gives it a pinkish hue. But it looks like the whites on your female almost... went away.

[HYUN007]

I think it is unhappy.
Ph is a little high.

[RTG]

Er, are you sure it's the same one? Maybe a bad molt?

Anyways, some of my female CRS's white becomes less vibrant when they're berried or about to be berried. It's mostly due to the redness of the eggs coming through a bit, gives it a pinkish hue. But it looks like the whites on your female almost... went away.

it just example how it look like b4 when i got them. First it though when they berried the belly stretching tat y they the white band broken, but the red band is spread out into the white band area. Look like tiger tooth over grow

[RTG]

I think it is unhappy.
Ph is a little high.

It strange tat only happen to the female. as we can see the other one i believe it a male, the color still in order. I try to use 100% RO water still cant get PH under 7. My water supply here PH 7.2 , after RO filter around 6.8 but when i put in the tank and tested week later it go up to 7

[HYUN007]

It strange tat only happen to the female. as we can see the other one i believe it a male, the color still in order. I try to use 100% RO water still cant get PH under 7. My water supply here PH 7.2 , after RO filter around 6.8 but when i put in the tank and tested week later it go up to 7

It is preggy and hence will get stress more easily than others.
For your PH, try using Indian Almond leaves, it will tint your water but will lower your PH as well as a food source for the CRS.

[RTG]

It is preggy and hence will get stress more easily than others.
For your PH, try using Indian Almond leaves, it will tint your water but will lower your PH as well as a food source for the CRS.

I had use Indian Almond leaves b4 on my aro tank, it does bring the ph down and it turn the water into yellow which is not very nice for viewing. I heard tat peatmoss work the same but i dont know any side effect if i use tat.

[Navanod]

I'm concerned with your pH (as pointed out above) as well as your TDS. 30 is a tad too low and I find it very peculiar for your GH to be 4 when your TDS can be 30. Have you calibrated that TDS meter?

[cleo shrimp keeper]

i'm agree with navanod...
the pH is too high,
hm... have you checked your TDS meter?

[RTG]

The TDS meter i bought off ebay exactly the same with this one. It said tat i do not need to calibrate as it been Facotry Calibrated. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/New-LCD-D...item43aa03d3ab