How to lower tds

[Kev]

Hi everyone, just like to pick your brain abit.

just like to find out how can you lower your tds.

many thank you.

[CNgo2006]

Hi everyone' date=' just like to pick your brain abit.

just like to find out how can you lower your tds.

many thank you.[/quote']

RO water...

[ineke]

Depends on what your tap water TDS is water changes will help but RO water is the best way to get it down but if you use straight RO then you need to add salty shrimp minerals

[shrimpstan]

Hi Kev,

i reduced my TDS from 330 to 170 by stop adding salt to my water changes which ive always done with fish and even my cherries. my tap TDS is 70 and my tank was 330. with each WC it would drop around 20ppm per 10L n then it raises slightly due to mineral balls or whatever and then reduce again with WC and so on. so its just up to u where u want to stop when u see results.

having the RO and using salty shrimp definitely better if shrimp is the focus but presuming ur tap water TDS is lower than 150ppm u can lower it with each water change... the rate at which it will drop will depend on many factors of course.

what is ur TDS now? where do u want to get it? and what is ur tap TDS?

the rest is all easy to figure out once uve got the pen. u just need to measure the water before and after WC and u'll notice the drop. it took me around 6-7 weeks to drop mine. from there i noticed all my shrimp getting berried and like i told ya yesterday i dont have a single female in my CRS tank that isnt berried :)

hope this helps :)

[al4n]

for those who arent as lucky, my tap water tds is 450ppm. the only real way to do it was to purchase ro unit. havent looked back since, best investment imo.

[michael]

Wow Shrimpstan what are your water parameters and do u add Any additives/minerals to get a result like that

[ineke]

my tap water out of a pura tap is 330 so had to get RO unit

[shrimpstan]

Hi Micheal,

yeah my WP are nothin special and quite normal:

Ph 6.3

GH 5

KH 1

TDS 160-170

Temp 23.5

i put it down to me having good tap water to work with initially (although now i use RO/Saltyshrimp anyway) and the gradual decline in TDS.. nothing sudden. i add some azoo mineral liquid and it seems a very good product that helps with moulting.. almost every day i have new moults in my tank as i dose this stuff very lightly (probably quarter of the dose rate) every other day. i also have some bee balls and some of that clay rock mineral stuff.. all in all i dont notice big jumps in my TDS its very stable. when i do a 10% WC i do it over 2 days of 5L per day and i do this once a week for now.. i drip that 5L in over maybe 8-10 hrs. very slow but very good. the shrimp would never even realise that new water is being added.. they just have the benefit of not having any toxic build up.

i used to use a spoon of salt per 20L WC. once i got the pen i realised how much TDS this adds (from 70 TDS to 220-240TDS).. not that its bad TDS but for sure the salty shrimp minerals are the way to go. the bad TDS would be unknown solids from tap water like they get in the west or up QLD way i beleive.

last night i was playing around with doses and saw interesting results.. i took 5L RO water and added 2mg salty shrimp the TDS was 95 and GH 5 but ph 6.4.. i then doubled the dose to see what would happen.. basically everything doubled.. (TDS and GH) except fot the PH. i was doing this as ive noticed some cherries lacking color in low TDS tanks so im upping the GH and TDS for them although there final PH will be around 7ish. so for my cherries i'll aim for TDS 200-300 GH 8-10 and PH 7 and ill notice any difference. i will share my findings for those interested.

apart from all this the answer to using additives is yes.. i do have a couple herbal tricks up my sleeve but unfortunately i'll have to leave it at that for now :p

[HelvinHT]

I simply do water change with RO water. If it's still high, you can repeat the wc, just remember not to shock the shrimps.

if it become too low, i add minerals such as shirakura ca+.

[BlueBolts]

....if it become too low' date=' i add minerals such as shirakura ca+.[/quote']

The shirakura Ca+ will increase your GH/TDS, but it's does not re-mineralise RO water like Salty Shrimp, Mosura Mineral Plus, Benibachi Mineral Powder etc...., Do you add anything else to your RO ?

[HelvinHT]

The shirakura Ca+ will increase your GH/TDS' date=' but it's does not re-mineralise RO water like Salty Shrimp, Mosura Mineral Plus, Benibachi Mineral Powder etc...., Do you add anything else to your RO ?[/quote']

I only use Shirakura ca+ to increase the TDS of RO water. The seller told me that this is the one to add good mineral to the shrimp. I use it in all my tanks. The result is good, they all breed now.

Salty shrimp is not exist in here, but i saw this forum use it alot. Like to try if available.

My PRL Asuka, PRL Yuken Line, Aura Blue and Shadow Panda already breed. So seems good. I use ADA amazonia, Ista ph5.5, breeders soil and just try the platinum soil now.

I will check again to see the ingredience of shirakura ca+, thanks for the info.