9thdragon Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 hello i setup a shrimp tank and my parameters are: temp 80 F TDS 80 GH 4-5 KH 3 PH 6.8 Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 10 and im looking forward to put RCS AND CRS together in the tank. I believe my TDS is too low for CRS and KH is a little higher. How do i raise the TDS and lower the KH with affecting other parameters much? Thank you. PS: First shrimp tank Aqua Japan 35 rimless tank Aqua Japan 18 watts Mr. Aqua soil substrate Fluval shrimp minerals supplement. CharlesWex, Deroyhott, SurraGync and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 80F isn't going to be that good for crs. Are you able to lower it to 70ish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesHe Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 Your temp is high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9thdragon Posted February 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 how to lower it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesHe Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 Where do you live? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9thdragon Posted February 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 nvm turning off the light Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9thdragon Posted February 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 california LA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimpscales Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 Are you using a heater? If not you could use a fan to lower temp. Thats what i have to do in the summer. Are those your water parameters straight from the tap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtheLad Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 Are you using a heater? If not you could use a fan to lower temp. Thats what i have to do in the summer. Are those your water parameters straight from the tap?Yep, you can try putting a DIY fan or buy from the market. I also put 2 mini fans for my tank to maintain the temperature at 23-25.c. I have quite high weather temp in my country, which is tropic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9thdragon Posted February 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 those are RO water Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9thdragon Posted February 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 I want to get higher TDS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimpscales Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 If you are using ro water then something your adding is increasing your kh. Ro water should have a kh of 0. Possibly the fluval minerals? I am not familiar with that product. I use salty shrimp GH up. It will raise Gh without affecting kh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9thdragon Posted February 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 what about tds?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyeGuy411 Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 You should be using a shrimp specific remineralizer,it will give proper hardness and TDS. Either salty shrimp gH + or MK blue diamond Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9thdragon Posted February 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 where to buy cheapest SS GH+ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9thdragon Posted February 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 should i try using fuval shrimp mineralizer first? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9thdragon Posted February 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 what about KH?? am i suppose to lower it to 0? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9thdragon Posted February 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 i just added fluval mineral supplement 100 to 110 tds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dendrobatez Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 Usually I need to take fluval shrimp supp. To 180 tds in RO to get the right GH, it doesn't affect the Kh either. If your ro water has Kh that high it may be that the filters need replacing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9thdragon Posted February 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 i got it from LFS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyeGuy411 Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 Use RO water and a shrimp specific remineralizer. Then you will have a gH in the proper range and 0 kH with the proper TDS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9thdragon Posted February 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 just a FYI guyz i realize why i have KH...i washed the tank with tap water....then i fill it in with RO with shrimp mineralizer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roborep1 Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 How are you measuring TDS. GH and KH are 1 point per 17.9ppm assuming you are using API. If your GH is 4 and kH is 3 that's 7 total so I would expect a TDS around 125ppm. Try testing distilled water for TDS should be zero. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyeGuy411 Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 Unless you left a significant amount of tap water in the tank it wouldn't make your kH that high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dendrobatez Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 Fluval mineral is made for shrimp, it's not the best but I used it for awhile. It takes 180-210 tds to get the Gh right for most RO water, it doesn't effect Kh either. It wouldn't hurt to test the to water before it goes into the tank so you can know wether it's something inside of your tank or the water you are putting in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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