OMG Aquatics Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 My TDS is 52ppm. Is that bad? I have Fire Red Shrimp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DETAquarium Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 Seems to be very low. For Neos I always keep my tanks around 200ppm for TDS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 +1 I used to do 400-500 and they were fine. Within the past year I've reduced to 140-200 and they are still fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMG Aquatics Posted May 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 When increasing TDS, from 52 to say 170, do I do it slowly or do I just increase it to that right away? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OblongShrimp Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 Slowly would be better. What are you planning on doing to increase it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 Going up in TDS is actually easier on your shrimp than reducing it. So for mine I do +/- 50 to 100TDS at a time (neos), and they do fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMG Aquatics Posted May 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 Slowly would be better. What are you planning on doing to increase it? I used the saltyshrimp gh/KH + I bought from you. So far one has died and it's been roughly 10 hours since I raised it to 170 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 The others should do fine. Really depends on how the breeder managed them, but mine are used to the swings when needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hungle64 Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 My TDS is 52ppm. Is that bad? I have Fire Red Shrimp What do you do to water to have such a low TDS? Using RO with mineral at all ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 Some tap in different parts of the country are almost RO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMG Aquatics Posted May 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 What do you do to water to have such a low TDS? Using RO with mineral at all ? I'm using tap water o.o Fresh out of the faucet is 1kh 2gh 52ppm TDS 7.6ph 0 ammo 0 nitrate 0 nitrite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 That's almost perfect for crs. Drop the ph, raise the TDS/gh a little and you are there! You lucky person, you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMG Aquatics Posted May 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 That's almost perfect for crs. Drop the ph, raise the TDS/gh a little and you are there! You lucky person, you. I assume people use some sort of substrate to get those? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 Substrate to drop ph, and remin to raise gh/tds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMG Aquatics Posted May 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 Substrate to drop ph, and remin to raise gh/tds. which substrate is best? Could I just use shield instead of cycling? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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