Duff0712 Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 I have been stressing over GH more recently. I am pretty sure it was the cause of some baby deaths I was having a month or two ago and I believe it has been solved. However I keep reading about how you guys keep GH of like 3-4 with TDS of about 150ish (I could be wrong) but my GH won't go below 6 until I hit a TDS of around 130. Currently my GH is about 6 and my TDS is 155. I have several berried females again (finally) and I have seen some newly born babies again too (finally), so I am hoping they live! Am I being too paranoid? What do you guys think I should do? Just keep my Params constant as they are or try to get them lower? Where do your tanks sit? I use SS GH+ and do wc every week-2 weeks. I have been using pure ro/di to top off daily with the heat lately. This is where I wish I wrote down Params when I had a huge baby boom earlier in the year. -Duffy KlimparOn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimpscales Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 Your gh and tds are perfect for Tbs. That is exactly what I shoot for when mixing water for water changes. If I take a reading directly from the tank it is actually a little higher than that. Tds 170 gh 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 I honestly feel everyone's water is different. What may work for one, may not work for another. That's why there's such a range that's acceptable. I had to drop my gh to 3-4 to see baby survival. Some others have done fine with 6ish, but unfortunately not mine. RyeGuy411, High5's, EricM and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DETAquarium Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 I definitely agree with consistency and stability when it comes to keeping and breeding shrimp in general, but definitely with Taiwan Bees. I usually try to keep my TB tank between 130-150 TDS with a GH of 5-6. I have always kept it in this similar water condition, yes I noticed babies but when I added a source of oxygenation I have noticed triple the amount of babies, their ability to survive has increased dramatically. This maybe coincidence but I definitely attribute some of the thriving babies to the addition of more oxygen. I have always used canister filters because I get alot of circulation, and more importantly the addition of a mass amount of biological media. Downside I found was their ability to produce oxygen compared to sponge, UGF, or HMF filters, until I ran into the Choice Bubbler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesHe Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 I kept mine at GH3 TDS110-120 without problems. EricM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff0712 Posted July 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 Looks like I just need to find my sweet spot and just take down my parameters. I think that's my moral lesson haha. If things are going well test every parameter you can and keep it stable . Thanks for the responses! -Duffy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesHe Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 TB prefer low GH. GH 4-6 is too high, GH6+ is asking for trouble. EricM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citycode01 Posted July 6, 2015 Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 Guys, I've noticed that my gh is always rasing for some reason and I have to make ro water with gh3 when I do WC to drop it to 5-6 and by the end of the second week gh rasing back to 7-8. Is this normal or I have some kind buffer in the tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted July 6, 2015 Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 You have something raising it, dude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citycode01 Posted July 6, 2015 Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 Originally I thought they are mineral rocks but it didn't go after I removed them. Gh +1 weekly is not nice. Maybe substrate or peat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricM Posted July 6, 2015 Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 do you have normal rocks in their? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High5's Posted July 7, 2015 Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 I just started to run lower GH in all my tanks GH 3 to 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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