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How could you keep that sort of news from us?! Woohoo! ? So glad to hear the news. If anyone is going to celebrate this news with you, it would be the people here who started the journey with you back in August. ?

Well.... didn't want to say anything but.....I have baby cherries! I know it's not a biggy for most of you, but it's made my day. I also have 2 other cherries who are berried and a blue diamond who is gonna pop any minute. Love it. We had 6 guppies in Shrimptopia but I found them to be too bottom feedy, so moved them out. ?

Fantastic news and great to hear how pleased you are! I am sure the guppies would soon have found and eaten the babies so it is good you have moved them elsewhere. Simon

Almost all of us have learnt the hard way with some aspects of this hobby! With RO (or zerowater) you just add the GH/KH+ and that is it, you don't need the seachem prime for that tank. With so few shrimps you could speed up the GH reduction process but I won't go into that here yet as you need to know where you are TDS wise really first. It shows how tough and adaptable they can be if some are still surviving in water with a GH14? From JayC above though I guess they may not be able to moult when that is needed and die then? Simon

This is where the TDS meter will come in handy and make things easy. (And part of the reason we recommend shrimp keepers get one). With a TDS meter you just add enough of the dissolved mix into the tank (or water change) until it reaches 150TDS as measured with the TDS meter. Without a TDS meter, just follow the instructions and dosage below: Instructions of use Mix with water outside of the aquarium. Shrimp Mineral dissolves almost completely within seconds, and the water is ready for use at once. Please make sure that any undissolved particles go into your tank, too. Close container after every use at once as this mineral salt absorbs moisture. Dosage Use Shrimp Mineral to re-mineralise RO water, rainwater, fully desalinated water etc. to reach a total hardness of about 6 GH and/or a conductance of about 300 +/- 50 uS (Microsiemens). For this purpose, an evenly full measuring spoon (about 2 g) to 10 litres (2.2Gallon) of water is sufficient. While not as accurate without a TDS meter, it will get close. You can always adjust the TDS reading after you get your TDS meter. Weekly water changes of 10% as per normal, with the new water adjusted to 150 TDS with SS GH/KH+. If it is particularly hot and you notice the water level of the tank dropping, you top off with pure RO or Distilled water, no remineralising needed. In summary, Water Change = Add SS GH/KH+. Top Off = straight distilled.

I have a 20 gallon long, I'm trying to figure out how many scoops of gh/kh+ to use and how to test it. I'm buying distilled water since my tap sucks. What is the dosage for the powder? And do I just measure to get something close to what cherry shrimp parameters are suggested? How do I do water changes with the minerals? Or is just top offs what I should do? Just straight distilled or add some salty?

Thanks for the advice that helps a lot. The shrimps have been in the tank for about 8 weeks. I bought 12 cherrys and 4 amano to start with, all the amano are still alive but I am down to only 4 cherry shrimp. I lost most of them in the first 4 weeks and have lost none in the last 2 weeks. No I didnt drip acclimatise them, this is something I have learnt since. I dont have a TDS meter, again this is something I have learnt about recently. I have made a few mistakes but really want to get this right especially before getting any more shrimp. I will look into the filter etc. My question would be if I use the filter and GH/KH+ I assume I would not need the seachem prime? Again thank you Sent from my SM-N960F using Tapatalk