10 Gallon Tank How to raise gh for shrimp tank

[Skrabbitskrabbit]

I believe my water is on the soft side but my tests aren’t very great so first I was wondering what’s the best gh/kh test and also how do I raise the gh if it does come out on the low side?
I have 12+ cherry shrimp in a 10 gallon

 

[carsonsgjs]

The API gh/kh test does a job. Just a shame it doesn’t come with the master kit!

I don’t keep shrimp so can’t recommend a product to raise gh if you need it, but I see a lot of people here mention salty shrimp, wonder shells or seachem equilibrium for raising gh.

 

[Skrabbitskrabbit]

The API gh/kh test does a job. Just a shame it doesn’t come with the master kit!

I don’t keep shrimp so can’t recommend a product to raise gh if you need it, but I see a lot of people here mention salty shrimp, wonder shells or seachem equilibrium for raising gh.

Thank you, I will look into those products!

 

[Skrabbitskrabbit]

Update

So I think my gh is super low /lower than thought. I don’t know if I’m doing the test wrong but the water was green as soon as the first drop was in (instructions said it should change from orange to green) so I guess that means gh is 1?? (Yikes, didn’t think it was that soft)
For kh, I got 2 for the results in both my tank and my tap water.

I’ll be getting some equilibrium soon, will it raise kh and gh or how do I get both up to shrimp friendly levels?