Diehardmatches3 Posted February 10, 2017 Report Share Posted February 10, 2017 I have a 10 gal. Tank with a fluval 50 gallon filter, and a large heater (I don't know what size tanks it it rated for). I also have some amazon swords, challah wood, and a peice of spider wood. I set this tank up a year ago and have been having problems with it ever since. I have been doing 1 gallon water changes every week with my tap water (I have well water) and the pH from the tap is 7.5. At first when I set it up I waited till it was cycled and then added 10 red cherry shrimp from theShrimpFarm.com. After a couple of days the shrimp started to die off one by one. A week ago I bought more shrimp (4 red rili shrimp from a local aquarium shop) and again they started to die off. This time I realized that before they started dying they would become very sluggish and not move around much. My water parameters are: PH - 7.5, Ammonia - 0, Nitrate - 0, nitrite - 0 and I don't have any copper in the water. I don't know what the problem could be. Any help is appreciated. OMGitsMarky 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shamedic Posted February 10, 2017 Report Share Posted February 10, 2017 test your GH/KH I had the same thing happen to me I started using distilled water with salty shrimp GH/KH+ to get the water levels down and it worked. Also get a TDS meter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diehardmatches3 Posted February 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2017 I just checked my TDS and it was 480. I tested my KH and it was 4 but the GH test that I have is a API test kit and it says that it was under 17.9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shamedic Posted February 11, 2017 Report Share Posted February 11, 2017 I think that is way to high I keep mine at 150 tds GH 7 KH 4 like I said try using RO or distilled water with salty shrimp GH/KH+ ever since I did that no more deaths maybe some one will wright something here and clear it up if im wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diehardmatches3 Posted February 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2017 OK I will order some of the salty shrimp GH/KH + and start doing RO water changes and see if that will work. Thank you shamedic for helping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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