Kimdive Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 Hi! I'm setting up a new tank in a new country and compared to what I am used to the water is very hard. TDS 130 (after using bee salt with RO water) GH 10 API test KH 2 with an API liquid test (Salifert test 1.2) PH was 7.5 (Tetra) I was used to in my previous country 120 tds would give me 5gh and kh of 1, so now I'm wondering how low can the TDS level go to reach a gh level of 4-6 as the 'books' say? I started today to add 'clean' RO water to lower the GH but I'm wondering how low I can take the TDS (for the shrimps) to obtain a better GH level? No shrimps of course in there but I'm taking care of my new horned nerite snails. I have ada amazonia thats been running for over a month at least with lots of water changes to bring me to a low nitrate level, around 5-10ppm. 0 for nitrites/ammonia Any advice or experiences welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimdive Posted April 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 After reading another post looks like I'm taking out my seiryu stone as I didn't know it could raise GH, PH etc :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappy6107 Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aotf Posted April 16, 2018 Report Share Posted April 16, 2018 If you really want to keep your seiryu, you can seal them so they won’t leech kH into the water. Memphis118 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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