Big Mistake, RO Water for Shrimp, How to Remineralize a Freshwater Shrimp Tank

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Shrimper Keepers,
It is time for another Shrimp Saturday video. Today we are going to talk about my fail at acclimating new shrimp to an aquarium, why it is great to us RO water for freshwater shrimp, why it is important to remineralize the water, what products to use to remineralize the water and finally a trick to simplify the process of remineralizing RO water with a TDS pen.
First, I messed up bad... I completely forgot to remineralize the water when I set up new tanks for some crystal red and crystal blacks I had in another tank. I acclimated them over 3 days so luckily it wasn't a huge shock on the shrimp although I already lost a handful of shrimp.
Ro water is so important to what I do. In no way do shrimp need RO water to thrive. Although, RO water is great for shrimp because it eliminated or greatly reduce the risk of bacteria coming from tap water. City tap water ranges in parameters and what is living in it. This makes tap water and well water a rsiky option for shrimp keepers.
Salty shrimp GH+ and Salty shrimp GH+/KH+ are the two product I use to remineralize RO water. Both have their own purposes as explained in the video. These are the two I would recommended to any shrimp keeper.
Check out the end of the video for an easy method to remineralize RO water for shrimp and a way to know if your shrimp tank is ready for a water change.
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@LupDiesel 7 лет назад

Check out all of our shrimp on our website. flipaquatics.com/collections/all-shrimp

@liame3900 5 лет назад

Can you drink that shrimp stuff? Im watching video cause i want to drink ro water. Want to reminieralize. No one seems to know but this video is pure science

@deyfryesparza756 4 года назад

Flip Aquatics hi question for you, I’m kind o new to shrimp and have to tanks, prl with panda loaches, and a red galaxy, the problem that I have almost every time I do water chance or top off, I will get a bacteria bloom , both tanks had been running for about 9 months , what are good parameters for this tanks, thank you very much for your videos

@doncheko6866 2 года назад

But yet all this years and you don’t sale cardinal shrimp?? 😔

@headfangs 7 лет назад

If I use the KH/GH remineralizer for cherry shrimp, could that same water be used in taking care of a betta, or do fish have different GH/KH requirements?

@theboraxbandit9563 2 года назад

What were your findings here over the years? :)

@jimmygimbal 7 лет назад

Sucks my well water is 800 TDS. LOL and I have Discus.

@probablynotabigtoe9407 6 лет назад

800Ppm... holy crap

@jzaquatics3670 6 лет назад

That’s to much knowledge for me can’t keep up with that

@shinrin777 7 лет назад

Long time ago I had a few cherry shrimp, it was the first time I had shrimp at all. I used our faucet water + water conditioner, I did a water change and the next day they suddenly all died... I got new ones and again they were dead within a week this kept onuntill I got an RO unit... PH of the bad water was sky high 8 something, no copper out of the norm or anything unusual, except that PH. My best guess is too much lead~ Anyway, since I got the RO they are doing gr8. :D I also got a surprise 2 weeks ago. A really dark red (imagine dark red vine) shrimp popped up out of nowhere with white eyes, no pattern as I was expecting it to be a cross with a tiger or something but nope. I love it! A few days ago it was berried, eggs were dark gray-green. I was looking for an ID of this shrimp but found none~

@MuchachoLocoPro 5 лет назад

Hi, I know it has been long. But I had some similar experience as you. My water now have high Ph and I'm thinking about getting RO water to lower the Ph too. My question is how do you replace the tank water, do you just top up it with RO water until all stabilized or you do a big changes? Hope your shrimp are doing okay! Cheers!

@dylanhughes5944 2 года назад

@@MuchachoLocoPro yeah just keep replacing the tank water with RO water, probably 10-20% a week

@anthonyw631 4 года назад

Thank you for all of your educational videos. I am new to shrimp keeping and your videos are my go to.

@DoooKev 7 лет назад

As a beginner, this was really helpful! Thanks for the video

@lightify. 3 года назад

how about diamond water?

@robingettman2979 5 месяцев назад

My water tds is 372 and done several water chages 30% 1 a week without shocking them. I thinks its back up of minerals due to water evaporation. Do I still need to mineralize the salty shrimp GH-KH power for neocardinia shrimp? I've only been adding R/O water of 7-10 tds. It's still high what should I do?

@SimplyBetta 7 лет назад

I have buffered substrate. If I make RO water and add GH back but leave KH at zero, that will make my substrate last longer, because it leaches less out to "buffer" the tank water. I am curious what happens to the KH value after that water is added to the tank. Will ADA aquasoil raise the KH value naturally, so I don't risk PH swings?

@00believe000 6 лет назад

Simply Betta did you come to any conclusions.

@dimplepwr85 5 лет назад

@Simply Betta. I've been running both Fluval Stratum and ADA soil now. I find that if your substrate has to buffer the water less, like if you are using RO, your substrate will stay in tact longer. I run RO in my Stratum tank while dosing ferts into the water column which mean the plants and tank have to rely less on the substrate to get the water where it needs to be. I just entered my 3rd year with it and it is till intact, like its NOT turning into mud. I think if you ran really hard TAP water the substrate would have to do a lot of work and that is when it breaks down quicker. And I don't think substrate will increase KH, they generally pull things down. Like GH starts at 12 and will lower to 6, same with KH... so it goes down versus up. Always bring you KH up if you plan to run Co2, and the PH swings will be crazy and stress fish/shrimp out. KH is like a rubber band that keep your PH from swinging. The more KH, the tougher the rubber band and the lower your PH will swing.

@omniaquaeriteacdubitate3898 5 месяцев назад

i replaced ~15% of a 40L planted tank with remineralised RO & killed 90% of my shrimp. Besure to pre oxygenate RO also.

@josephgadway8950 Год назад

Thank you. So Helpful. Please, Could I use this for goldfish? I am moving. New house kH is 4. PH6.8. Where we live kh is 300. True. PH here is 8.2. Can I use this product to raise my kh and keep my goldfish safe. Maybe I have to re-home them? Please let me know your opinion. I don't want to kill them. One is 8yrs. old. I love these guys. Thank you-

@spanishconmigo122 11 месяцев назад

Omg I have this product but I was scared to use it because I only have a 4 gallon tank. I just bought some mineral rocks because I thought it would be safer to use. I know I lost shrimp to molting issues. I bought a calcium tester also because I was so scared.

@paulm0573 Год назад

How do you know when you have too much salt/minerals in a 30L RO nano planted CRS tank? I have Shrimp King Bee Salt GH+ but don’t know how much to dose and don’t want to increase my TDS too much by doing so. I also dose a bit of Benibachi Super Bacteria Bee Max weekly

@blooky102 7 месяцев назад

My tap water is really really soft so I have to add the salty shrimp GH/KH+ as I have no choice in that as I lost 4 shrimp from the white ring of death from calcium deficiency so I don't think I need even softer water TBH, but I guess everyone's situation on their water is different depending where they are.

@RevofOne Год назад

Anyone know what causes TDS to rise after adding to tank? My tap water is constantly 150ppm but as days go by in my tank it begins to rise. As much as 20 ppm per day. Any help?

@quixzy.4486 2 года назад

Could I use salty shrimp on tap water just get that 200 tds for red and black crystal shrimp.

@kevindigit 2 года назад

That GH+ has KH in it, I could not figure why my KH was staying @3 on the API kit when I remineralized the R/O water that being said that stuff is garbage

@DTwo11s 7 лет назад

Just wondering is there anything "DIY" you can use to remineralize your water? Like crushed coral or maybe wonder shells?

@pauljohnson4786 4 года назад

I'm hearing wonder shells work better than crushed coral if you have RO water or no minerals and electrolytes in the water. Something to do with surface area not being enough to release the proper elements in the coral if those other things are not present. Crushed aragonite is also another option. I'm having this issue right now in my tank with RO water and the crushed Coral is making no difference

@aiman5215 3 года назад

Cuttlefish bone.. crush/scrath it until it become powder then sprinkle it onto water gradually day by day .. stop when u see molted shrimp skin .. then just put it in for every waterchange.. it can go wrong . But base on my experience , it works greatly

@adonscadlock1704 2 года назад

ihave a ph of 6-6.4, so would i use the gh/kh +? i dont know the gh and kh of my tap rn because i dont have the kit and im planning on having neo caridina as my first shrimp in the aquarium hobby, and with the gh/kh+ be good enough for neocaridina? like will it make the RO water the good amount of each?

@alcina69 7 лет назад

Just moved over to RO water myself after several shrimp deaths. Everything seems okay now. Thanks for the great videos, you may make me a decent shrimp keeper yet ☺️

@Mattcc3 4 месяца назад

How did you do the switch from tap water did you do it as water changes or a bit each day

@cjm10203 4 года назад

You can use Himalayan pink salt to remineralize. About a tsp per gallon.

@pauljohnson4786 4 года назад

Use caution with live plants and salt

@abbystevens5693 7 лет назад

no need for this! Shrimp breed and live just fine on tapwater as long as you check the water for things that might hurt a shrimp and keep th ph on levels adjusted to the kind of shrimp your keeping in it. I just watcy daily every dhrimp I ve got and if I see something wrong or weird behavior I check on deseases and water quality. They are doing great! I do however stay away from anything like co 2 or plantfood in my tank .I use a very very small amount of smal stones on the bottom of my tank and don t use anything else. I use tapewater, dry leaves, plants like moss and beginner plants.No soil for the plants and feed my shrimp onle couple times a week, so they have day s between feeding that they ll have to live from what s already in the tank. Last tip is that you ll need to keep your hands out of the tank if you don t have to get them out to sell them, move them to different tank for what reason, washyour hands before and after you go into the tank and when you buy or get new shrimps carefully introduce them to the tanks ...( as shown by this channel)

@johnmarkzimm 6 лет назад

Just to be clear...in my understanding, RO water is somewhere round 3 TDS and using the DI filter at the end of the unit will bring that down to 0.

@mhunt7843 3 года назад

Thanks for the video. I appreciated it and, personally, I like your style. (And from one guy to the next -loved the beard; just grew a handle bar stach for the first time here.). This was very helpful to me. I am just a few weeks away from getting my first shrimp.

@smmj45 5 лет назад

Drinking water has one purpose and that's to hydrate the body. The body only get 1percent of minerals from water so it's great for drinking cause you dont get the extra heavy metals that aren't good for you but it's in your tap water.

@sauravdey7893 4 года назад

Is salty Aquarium mineral Gh/Kh + Shrimp mineral Gh/Kh + Same? Everything is written same on the box

@kumaeverything1634 7 лет назад

Hello! I ordered red cherry shrimp from. I was just wounding when they will come.

@LupDiesel 7 лет назад

We ship out Monday so either between Wednesday and Friday. Thanks for the order!

@madfishdiva 5 лет назад

Hey Rob. How would you recommend storing RO water if you dont have a system. Should you just get fresh water each time from your LFS or can it be stored?

@ruben30000 Год назад

Had an answer?

@sauravdey928 4 года назад

Is salty Aquarium mineral Gh/Kh + Shrimp mineral Gh/Kh + Same? Everything is written same on the box

@aihsela1976 6 лет назад

Thank you so much for your vids! They are a huge help for a beginner. Much appreciated!!

@InappropriateReefer 5 лет назад

Very useful info, thank you!

@wolfgamer9647 5 лет назад

Ro water is not 0 tds, it removes about 90-95% RoDi is the one that 0s it out.

@heidealbre1518 10 месяцев назад

Then what is RODI?

@wronggucci3288 7 месяцев назад

🤣 it’s the same thing RO and RODI is the same thing

@sulawesi-steve 6 месяцев назад

Technically it's not the same. RO is reverse osmosis which is a physical membrane type filter. RODI is reverse osmosis deionized, its and extra step using a type of resin that "pulls" the other solids and they stick/bond to the resin. RO will get you below 10tds RODI will get you to 0 100% of the time (providing the resin isn't full and filters aren't too old) That's my understanding anyway.

@wronggucci3288 6 месяцев назад

@sulawesi-steve yes very true, I still think in a fresh water tank is RODI is not necessary, RO is more than what you really need, I would say RODI is mostly worth using on salt water tanks

@IWIMugriwara 7 лет назад

Hi! After watching your video I wanted to try out Salty Shrimp product.But the problem is after getting it I don't knw when the expiry date is😂 Do you have any idea how to see the expiry date or rather how to determine if the product is spoiled/expire.I don't wanna kill my shrimps😭 Thanks !!!

@pennyp975 5 лет назад

Does this product for remineralizing ro water work well for plants and fish? Also right now I just have cherry shrimp which product would you recommend for them I don't know all the technical terms of which group they would fall into

@troyclench3738 4 года назад

I’m looking at getting guppy’s ,,, using the fish version that salty shrimp makes ... can I add as much to boost the gh up too 8/12 ,,, is there a limit to use

@ejclydegod 5 лет назад

I am planning to use RO water in a planted tank. I plan for the tank to be heavily planted. I would like to have neon tetras as well as Orange rili shrimp. Which salty bees product (Gh+ or Gh/Kh+ ) should i use to remineralize my RO water and will it be meet the plants’ needs as well?

@thebrando8706 3 года назад

Lol pogosteman erectus

@bettalover560 7 лет назад

LupDiesel, I want to get inmerse in the hobby just like you but, I don't know how to buy a good RO Filter and what maintanace the filter needs. So could you do a video explaining that? It would ve really helpful and I would appreciate it a lot. Btw keep up the good work and keep the videos coming. You are the only reason why everytime I get home I open the youtube website. I enjoy each and everyone of your videos.

@mainframe04 7 лет назад

Hi Betta Lover,This goes into two different categories depending on how you want to manage costs and time. I utilized a zero water system, which is a trickle RO/DI system which also costs about $60. Filters were suggested to be replaced when the TDS was measuring above 6. This also took a lot of time to get a single gallon out of the system, but if you are operating off of a small tank, might be worth the shot.I recently purchased a water save 6 stage RO/DI system (SKU 200412) from BulkReefSupply.com (BRS) to replace my legacy method saving time and money. The water waste from the system also goes strait to a rain canister for my garden to prevent actual waste water.BRS also has videos explaining how the RO/DI systems work and what their importance is, at least to a Reef's perspective.This said, I have no awesome looking shrimp except about 10 ghosts that are utilized for breeding efforts.www.zerowater.com/ www.bulkreefsupply.com/bulk-reverse-osmosis-filters-systems/reverse-osmosis-systems.html

@KevinsCaninesAndAquatics 3 года назад

I purchased a Python Siphon system and, unfortunately, couldn't use the universal adapter on my bath or faucets. Suggestions on good RODI unit for the normal hobbyist? I have 5 10s that I am planning on adding Neocaridina into.

@alazaerose 4 года назад

Oh, you're cute.

@anodyne.7024 5 месяцев назад

I just did this today. 😭

@d.r.l.9314 6 лет назад

What substrate is in your shrimp tanks

@daharkknightgames4042 5 лет назад

How long after you remineralize do you add the water to the tanks? Do you age it like you would tap?

@RazzyAurealis 4 года назад

You can add it right away

@johnnylee22 3 года назад

What if the tank water vaporised 5% because of the cooling fan. Topping up water with remineralize or jus empty RODI water? In my tank Caridina jus died one after another. I have a Arizona Cactus wood, Australia Alder Cones, a medium size catapa leafs in d tank. Which I find it they will produce algea n food consistency for them n some hide out too. There r moss plants and frogbits. But I'm not sure why is it Caridina still dies one after another. Is it becoz d temperature was not consistent becoz of cooling fan switching off midnight? Or topping up with just RODI without remineralize would cause Caridina death? I find that Cactus wood also spikes up quite alot after I put into d tank. It was cleanse with my days cycled of clean water. Without putting in that wood. Reading I had it jus fine at 139 with d TDS reading. Right after d wood enters it... Becomes 190.

@kshark1696 Год назад

where do i find RO water?

@DeeFromBrooklyn 7 лет назад

have you tried keeping and breeding saltwater shrimp? Same principal saltwater. You obviously have a shrimp thumb

@rogeryang8864 7 лет назад

hello there, was wondering if i could use salty shrimp on my planted aquarium. would it kill my plants?

@pauljohnson4786 4 года назад

I have plants and everything I'm seeing is that salt can kill plants, not sure about salty shrimp. You want the minerals but not so much the salt.

@JonCherba Год назад

Is this safe for other fish?

@acuariosrosahd5021 7 лет назад

Hello, you can tell me how you have the parameters, the Crystal Red, Black, especially the TDS. Thanks greetings

@BrutalRiotGirl01 7 лет назад

I bought orange pumpkin shrimp from you and I am new, I have a 5 gallon cycled tank and I'm using reg. Conditioned Tap water but my PH was 8.2! I'm going to buy the TDS pen and Salty shrimp, which salty shrimp product do you recommend...salty shrimp gh or salty shrimp gh kh? since my PH is so high from the tap? When I get the Salty shrimp powder, how do I convert this new made water ( going to use distilled) from the water that is already in my tank without shocking my shrimp?

@cornertankcorner 6 лет назад

Hi, not sure if anybody answered you question but for Orange Pumpkin Shrimp you want to use the GH/KH+. To remineralize the water but make sure you use either distilled or reverse osmosis water and slowly introduce with your water changes about 20% or so. To further lower your PH you may want to add some almond leaves. I find that using active substrates is better even for neocaridinas as they seem to do best at about PH6.8 to PH7.0 and it keeps the parameters more stable.

@BrutalRiotGirl01 6 лет назад

@@cornertankcorner thanks

@Ian-zp3uy 7 лет назад

Love this video thanks for the info. Keep up the good work loving your channel.

@mohdimtiyaz7749 7 лет назад

hi bro,i now change my caridina tank to ro water...because use tap water my gh too high untill my gh test kit cant read it and i do water change with my ro water unit..and now my gh is 7..after two day my tank will evaporated and can i topp off back using pure ro water..?

@MDStorm123 7 лет назад

Hmm. my RO water is at 48 TDS, my normal water is at 530 TDS. But i never get my RO Water lower then 48 :-( GH is 0.5, kH is 0. To reach a GH of 6.5 and a KH of 2,5 i put saltyshrimp GH/KH+ into my RO water until i got 310-320 TDS. Think i have to check, why my RO water dont go lower then 48. When I start the RO water, its at 1400 TDS, it must run like 2 mins until its "low" on 48-50.

@ur._.local_idiot2349 Год назад

Hi I used as instructed. My Rodi water TDS is 0. When I added saltyshrimp gh/kh+ my PH raise to 8.0. How do I lower the ph?

@annettetownsend973 2 года назад

When I'm just topping off my tanks with RO water due to evaporation do I need to re-mineralize that water? I re-mineralize per gallon so it seems like a waster if I'm only adding a little amount. Make sense?

@angelsbynoemi 2 года назад

IM totally following you!! love the store too I can't wait for you to have Pea Puffer in Stock again!!!

@ThisProvidencerocks Год назад

Eventually want 20 blue dream and 20 golden back ❤️ if I get those from you and have matching parameters now, that will be perfect 😁

@haroutvartanian2915 4 года назад

Reverse osmosis water drops down to 6.0 ph with Bee shrimp gh without using buffering substrate. Isnt that too low for crystal red shrimp? Should i use Salty shrimp gh kh? Another questions is, why is my ph under 6 with this product? Shouldnt it be 6.4?

@Skylabz604 4 года назад

Since TDS almost always goes up in tanks and some evaporation occurs I dont understand how you match the TDS of freshwater to the exact number in your tank for shrimp. Wouldn't that just slowly raise the TDS ? I do 5-10 percent water changes a few times a week with RO water and add equilibrium to about half or 3rd of the tank PPM to lower TDS by about 10 ppm. I do have lots of stones that do increase gh and kh gradually.

@sko1beer 3 года назад

Hi did you find out cause when I get my shrimp from my local the water is 90 TDS so I also can’t work out when to add minerals?

@Skylabz604 3 года назад

@@sko1beer what type of shrimp do you have ? For most of them I add salty Shrimp to get a TDS of between 130-140 and that maintains a GH of 6 in my shrimp tanks. I do about 15 percent of water change per week. It has worked well for me with some babies and no major deaths.

@sko1beer 3 года назад

@@Skylabz604 yes I keep my tank around 130 TDS but I went to a fancy shrimp shop the other day and it was selling Taiwan sss red bees and the water in the bag was 90 TDS guy in the shop even said keep them at under 25 degrees well it’s in my tank now at 130tds at around 27 degrees

@sko1beer 3 года назад

@@Skylabz604 the part I don’t get is I only do water changes if the TDS goes up to around 170+TDS so do I do a 10% water change with pure ro to get it down to 130 TDS and then do a 10% water change with salty shrimp water at 130tds?

@Skylabz604 3 года назад

@@sko1beer yes you can do small water changes and slowly add RO water to lower TDS alone. You should do that throughout the week before water changes. What I do is Iower the water in my tanks about 10-15 percent and then add RO throughout the day to lower the TDS.

@umbratherios5614 7 лет назад

Will Salty shrimp bee GH plus work to remineralize water with cherry shrimps too when I use RO water?

@LupDiesel 7 лет назад

+Orro Gryphon yeah it can work. Just use a little crushed coral to help hold the pH up

@alexarmstrong5694 2 года назад

when u top of the tank due to evaporation and the tds goes down how much remineralizer do you put in without over doing it? Do you cut the measuring in half and I’m little confused on that. Let’s say when I top it off it’s measured at 200 wouldn’t a normal scoop of the remineralizer make the tds skyrocket. Especially for shrimp that need to be around 400 tds? and with all the other chemicals like plant fertilizer and ammonia neturalizer etc. that adds to the tds.

@mentlegentlemen7409 3 года назад

Can I get a 5g water reservoir and put remineralizer and get that to my desired TDS and just waterchange with that..Nothing should change even if its sitting right?

@ana-bananainca790 5 месяцев назад

Oh no. My tap water lately has high ammonia. And nitrates and nitrites. So I went and bought distilled water. I only added shrimp minerals from a bottle (crystalpro) I have never used anything but tap water with declorinator. I just purchased some equilibrium too. Did I just kill my amano shrimp?

@troyetherton9756 4 года назад

Hi - I have a new 7.5G shrimp tank I'm working on cycling. I used distilled water along with SaltyShrimp GH/KH since I plan on keeping RCS. Added 2 scoops and the TDS went to about 200. My substrate is just tiny black gravel type stuff I got at Petsmart for like $4 or $5/bag. It's almost like sand but still gravelish. My question, my pH is kind of high, around 8 or so. As I understand it, the KH part of the SaltyShrimp that I used raised that. I'm awaiting a GH/KH test kit, but currently I'm not sure how to lower the pH. Going to add some cholla wood, but am I always going to spike my pH using this SaltyShrimp stuff?

@leorents505 4 года назад

Troy Etherton if your TDS is measuring 200 I would say that’s perfect! RCS can live in pH of 6.5-8.0

@leorents505 4 года назад

Troy Etherton what I do is get a water bottle & mix the buffer there, I then add it to a 5 gallon reservoir to get a TDS level of about 150. This is for Caridina shrimp, so it’d way lower than your RCS. & whenever I do water changes I usually do a water bottle once a week & refill from the little reservoir that I have already mixed with the parameters I want. Remember, don’t make big water changes! Small weekly water changes, & watch your RCS thrive!

@troyetherton9756 4 года назад

@@leorents505 thank you! I've read they prefer a more acidic water 6.5-7.2 vs. alkaline higher levels. I'm just not sure how to achieve that AND also keep my TDS high using the GH/KH additive. I'm working on cycling the tank. I have a couple of plants in there along with the pond snails that hitchhiked in as well. The nitrates got a bit high so I did a couple gallon water change. Took the pH after that and it was better, like about 7.2. Ofc, TDS dropped because i changed it using distilled water. So I added a scoop of GH/KH and TDS went back up to high 100s, but pH shot back up toward 8 again. I don't understand how I'm supposed to keep the pH steady but also maintain a high enough TDS. If there were shrimp in the tank I wouldn't have changed so much water at once. That fact alone should aid in keeping the pH less volatile, but it's still swinging more than I care for.

@harleyquinn-sh9wd 7 лет назад

Thanks so much for the info in this video!

@photojames160 7 лет назад

I don't understand when you say a KH of zero and you're trying to use it as a buffer, if there's nothing there how does it stabilize your GH? I'm sure I'm missing something, misunderstanding something. Really appreciate your videos on keeping shrimp, just started the hobby. I'm sure you have heard of this place, it's bulk reef supply, a very good place for R/O system,is reasonably priced.

@sauravdey928 4 года назад

I have a tank of neocaridina red shrimp, i Use ro wate, to get a tds of 200 i mix this re-mineralizer. Everytime i mix this with my water, the water gets white cloudy with calcium like particles floating around. And it remains for quite a long time. For atleast 3-4 days. I normally age my ro water for 24 hrs with this mineral and anti stress

@annecardenas3708 3 года назад

Hi, I'm new on having shrimp tank. I have neo caridina, ghost shrimp, amano and caridina in 10 gallon tank. I setup my tank using tap water I use aquarium salt, aqua safe plus and easy safe plus to dechlorinate the water. I wasn't aware that I'm suppose to use shrimp salt for my shrimp tank. Last week everyday I have 1 dead shrimp so that's when I research how to do water change then I come up with one of your video. Can you help how to transition from tap to to water my shrimp tank.

@haroutvartanian2915 3 года назад

i have a quick question. I kept my in fluval stratum with water and bee shrimp mineral. Lately i removed the fluval stratum because it got old and i exchanged it with regular substrate that doesnt buffer. I did this because i got tired of changing the vacuuming and cleaning it was a mess. With fluval my was at 6.2. Obv my is going to be much lower sinze water water and bee shrimp mineral doesnt have any . Here comes my question, To keep my stable around 6.2 without buffering substrate, can i use salty shrimp and bee shrimp together to add about .5 to keep my stable? What do you guys think? Ive dont the math and 25ppm of + and 100ppm of + would give me .5 , 6, and 125. If i dont use the , my drops to under 5 and i prone to swing since there is no buffering substrate, do you guys think buffering substrate is all that necessary for to live and thrive?

@taylormayfire574 6 лет назад

Eeeeek I just did that!! I was trying to match the LFS parameters. But I have not received my TDS meter yet, so I couldn’t test that. I’m going to have to mix in tank. Is there any chance that if I add it slowly over a week that my shrimp will make it? I only have 2 crystal blacks so far, but I don’t want to lose them. I keep freshwater and saltwater tanks. One of my freshwater tanks is a Neo tank. This is my first real try at CRS 😔

@danielgodinez7999 7 лет назад

Hi I just subscribe to your channel . So should I be using a carbon filter and a sponge filter together? I ask because I'm a beginner and all my local aquarium shops give me mix answers . Also with mineral I was sold minerax from borneowild is it any good . Please help and thank you

@mohdimtiyaz7749 7 лет назад

Hi there,i also use ro water in my shrimp tank,can i put mineral stone into my tank..so the shrimp will get the mineral from it

@baseballnerd4139 6 лет назад

I converted a 45 gal rainbow fish tank into a RCS only tank. The TDS is128. What do you suggest I do to increase the TDS in the display tank without shocking the shrimp? Raise the top-off water to 200ppm until the display tank reaches that level?

@Hussain-qy2eo 6 лет назад

@Flip Aquatics - LupDiesel So for Crystal blacks and crystal reds, the gh+kh+ at 200tds will be good?

@jasonwin5499 7 лет назад

Hi mate great channel.i have some red cherrys in a 120litre in tap water and my gh is 4 kh is 5 I recently ordered salty shrimp gh&kh mix but now think I should of bought just the gh. Is this correct or should I buy some gh only salty shrimp. In the mean time if I just bought some discus gh powder would that be okay until my shipment arrived. Thanks in advance and looking forward to your next vid 👍🏼

@probablynotabigtoe9407 6 лет назад

Your shrimp will be fine... the reason low TDS is bad for the shrimp is because it will destroy their shell, a temporary fluctuation should not hurt them, considering they were drip acclimated you should have nothing to worry about... A large sudden swing in salt or Carbonates can damage their gills, but this doesn’t seem to be your case.

@ThisProvidencerocks Год назад

So, evaporation you can top off with plain ro di water? Do you ever add trace elements for planted?

@THELASTISDP 3 года назад

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@jobney 6 лет назад

Is there a single product like this using a TDS meter to dose for fish aquariums (planted)? Seems so much easier than testing GH and KH over and over again at water change time.

@jacobmcclure7649 6 лет назад

Thank you for the video I am just starting a cherry shrimp tank. Could you answer a question for me please? My RO unit comes out at 0 tds. Using salty shrimp gh kh what TDS do I need before adding it aquarium? I will be mixing it 1 gallon at a time and I use just the RO water and gh kh minerals

@controversyV4S 4 года назад

I know this is an old video but can i use this for a planted betta tank i use RO water in

@GUYANAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA 7 лет назад

It happens to the best of us

@in_haunt 7 лет назад

hey, could you please add size parameters to the Malaysian Driftwood? like under the small: "ranges between 2 and 5 inches"

@nadiet90 6 лет назад

hey buddy do you think i can get away with remineralise with ss gh/kh+ rather than just gh+ for caridina bee shrimps?

@ramboaripratama1992 4 года назад

Can it work with guppies???

@jacobmcclure7649 6 лет назад

So you said that the gh and kh for red cherry shrimp in ro water I need 200 TDS? I was told 150

@soempaing2436 7 лет назад

I used mosura mineral plus and it only raise my ro water which is 2 tds to only 40-50 tds. Is it alright with crs?

@daviddickinson4763 6 лет назад

One thing that's always confused me is that say you've got your water at the perfect tds, gh, and kh, does adding macro and micro nutrients needed for high tech plant growth which raises the tds affect the shrimp?? (Neocaridina)

@geofdevore 5 лет назад

Which container would you recommend for orange eyed blue royals?

@beo2421 7 лет назад

I tried wiping that nail head over your right shoulder off my computer screen haha

@jamielisinski6820 4 года назад

Omg! Your all over the place. Hard for a beginner to keep track & take notes

@kalebtaylor2504 2 года назад

I’m so glad for this video it answered so many questions!

@HazyK 5 лет назад

Nice info rob , btw what your tds for most of your caridina tank ? In my place all the breeder keep the tds below 100 ... around 60-80

@moscowcowboy_13 Год назад

Took me my entire life and the last 7 years of tinkering to finally get that I need RO water.

@louismastroguiseppi 7 лет назад

hey there im noob in the shrimp world and im not shire if i can i remineralize water that has not been reverse osmosis to ajuste kh and gh or that not good and there other methods ?