Ren Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 Hello everyone! I thinking of switching reminerlizers. Could you switch reminerlizer after the fact that your tank is mature? Could you technically swap reminerlizers by doing a 50+% water change and letting the tank go through a mini cycle? Is it better to just restart the tank? Basically I'm thinking about switching from shirakura ca+ to mk breed. What are your guys thoughts on this. Thanks -JP Timothylem, Deroyhott, Alfrediacag and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayphly Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 Great question! I've heard people switching over with no ill effects. I still use Mosura Mineral Plus and have been hesitant to change. I just restarted a new tank with Shrimp Daddy products. As far as liquid re-mineralizers go MK sounds like the best bang for the buck. Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewoeno Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 oh man. you think it'd change things?! i just bought mk blue and used it on my last water change in my crystal tank, started with SS gh+.. doesn't look like anything is different behavior wise? that was about 3 days ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High5's Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 I have switched from Mosura Mineral Plus to MK Breed Blue Diamond. I didn't lose any shrimp but I did lose a lot of snails not sure if it was related to the switch. EricM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ren Posted February 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 I was either thinking of either mk breed or shrimp daddy. I heard and read that both are good. I hear shrimp daddy's stuff does amazing things for bee shrimp. I was looking at shrimp daddy's procedure on doing a restart and maintenance it's quite lengthy. I guess it's effort that you put in to attain great results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dendrobatez Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 I'll say I have done a full water reset as per shrimpdaddy and it worked well. That being said I haven't done it another way though so I can't compare the two methods Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slycat929 Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 I have switched from MMP to MK blue diamond with no ill effects. I did not drain it all at once and instead just started using it for my water changes. Soothing Shrimp, h4n and mayphly 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricM Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 you should have no problems switching between the 2 you have. shirakura ca+ is one of the original and still an amazing product, but the bottle is just too small for most markets. mk blue diamond is coming on strong and more and more people are adopting this new product which is exciting because i've been pushing people to liquids for a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ren Posted February 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 Sounds good. I'm leaning towards mk for my CBS. Thanks guys. Does anyone have an idea on how long shirakura is good until it after it is opened or does it even expire? EricM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ren Posted February 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 So is the gold and silver powder only used as an additive when you first start your tank? Can they be used when doing maintenance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortfin Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 So is the gold and silver powder only used as an additive when you first start your tank? Can they be used when doing maintenance? For maintanance, you use golden powder and blood diamond. For example, he said to use 1 spoon of golden powder and 1 cap of blood diamond for 25% water change for 25g tank. EricM and h4n 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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