maylee Posted May 12, 2015 Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 I just wanted to make sure I'm not messing something up here. I originally had my neo tank with de-chlorinated tap water. I've recently started to use RO water remineralized with salty shrimp gh/kh on my 10% water changes. My parameters at last check were gh - 8 kh - 2 tds - 220 I know I probably want to match the new water with the old water. I got a bottle of Blue Diamond that I figured might make things easier. My RO water is in a 2.5 gallon jug. "Usage: adding 10ml into 100 liters (~25 gallons) will increase roughly 1-1.3dGH" Does that I mean I need to pour in 1ml into the 2.5 g jug of new RO water? Also, what I've been doing is just dripping the new water into the tank. I haven't had any deaths since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyeGuy411 Posted May 12, 2015 Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 The exact doasage is .945 mL but yeah roughly 1mL for 2.5g. Setting up a drip to add the new water is what I do and it works great. maylee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maylee Posted May 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 Thanks. So I guess by following this dosage then my paremeters should stay stable? I figured since my numbers aren't great but could be worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyeGuy411 Posted May 12, 2015 Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 Basically one mL per 2.5g will give you 1gH, so if you wanted to keep gH of 8 add 8mL to your container of 2.5g. The one thing that will change is pH since Blue Diamond does not increase kH, your pH will drop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maylee Posted May 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 Oh, okay then. That is getting clearer now. I didn't realize that's what the instructions meant. I thought the 10ml dosage was a sort of optimal value for that amount of water. So you're saying if I want to match the RO water exactly to my current gH, I would need to add 8mL of Blue Diamond to the new water. What would you recommend I do then? If say, you were in my situation, you'd still go with 8mL to keep the current gH or would you go with less to try to lower it? Granted, I'm just keeping neos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyeGuy411 Posted May 12, 2015 Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 If you are keeping neos then I would shoot for 6-8 gH so add around 6-8ML to your container of water. My question is why are you switching from SS gH/kH to MK Blue Diamond? Nothing says you cant use it for neos but it has no kH and will drastically change the pH of your tank. maylee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maylee Posted May 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 Well, I bought Blue Diamond for future use when I can start a larger tank and caridinas. I also thought perhaps my kH may have been getting higher. My kH may actually be at 3 rather than 2 because the API test color changes slightly at 2 but it's more significant of a change at 3. I thought maybe it'd be better if I used something that didn't boost kH too much. Really appreciate your help btw! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesHe Posted May 12, 2015 Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 For neos, it's not critical. You can do it either way. no harm at all. Neos is very forgiving. maylee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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