mloispro Posted September 18, 2016 Report Share Posted September 18, 2016 I have had 5 shrimp deaths over the last week, I switched from seachem equilibrium to green leaf ultimate gh booster. 4 of the deaths are blue tigers, could this be the cause? Guaranteed Analysis - Equilibrium: http://www.seachem.com/Products/prod...uilibrium.html Soluble Potassium (K20) 23.0%Calcium (Ca) 8.06%Magnesium (Mg) 2.41%Soluble Iron (Fe) 0.11%Soluble Manganese (Mn) 0.06%Derived from: potassium sulfate, calcium sulfate, magnesium sulfate, ferric sulfate, manganese sulfate. Elemental potassium is present at a concentration of 195,000 ppm (19.5%). Archaic fertilizer laws force us to list potassium in terms of equivalence to a material that is not present (K2O) rather than the more scientifically sound method of simple elemental equivalence. The Ultimate GH Booster: http://www.greenleafaquariums.com/aq...h-booster.htmlDescription - Contains: * Potassium Sulfate (K2SO4)* Calcium Sulfate (CaSO4)* Magnesium Sulfate (MgSO4)* Iron Sulfate (FeSO4)* Manganese Sulfate (MnSO4) The ingredients seem similar.. please help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DETAquarium Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 It definitely could be, but the only way to know for sure is to stop using the product. Monitor shrimp over the course of two weeks or so, and re-evaluate. Have you tested other water parameters? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mloispro Posted September 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 yeah here is what I have today: PH: 6.9 KH: 2 GH: 5 TDS: 180 Water temp: 68F NH3: 0.001 ppm NH4: 144.88 ppb is there anything else I should be testing for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aennedry Posted September 23, 2016 Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 Ammonia. =^._.^= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mloispro Posted September 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2016 so, you are saying free ammonia at 0.001 ppm is unsafe? according to seneye I can have 20 times that amount and be at a safe level.. If you are referring to NH4 that is listed in ppb.. Mr. F 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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