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Because you said your TDS in the tank is 60. So if you want it to go up to 80 (or 100), you need to add more remineralising mix to the tank. Don't get too caught up with getting it exactly the same as the breeder. 80ish to 100ish TDS is close enough. Just get close. Water parameters will never stay the same. But they key is to maintain it at a constant/stable parameter. So if you aim for 80 or 100 TDS in your tank, it doesn't matter so much. Just keep it at that level for the long term.

Hi masters im back again. My other account got lock i dont know how to open it again, its automatically sign out and i cant open it. Ayways i have concern about the caridina water parameters. I mix our diy minerals in the tub with ro water with 80tds gh3-4 Then when i put the water into my tank the tds become lower its about 60tds and 3gh The question is, is that possible? And is that ok to caridina that kind of water parameter im bothering with my tds, before in my tub its 80 when i mix minerals then when i put the water into my tank it become lower the tds not 80 but it become 60tds. What should i do? The 2nd question is Im bother and confused that every hobbyist or breeder they have there own water parameters, for the caridina taiwan is 80tds. 6.5ph. gh 3-4 temp 24c - 23c, and other breeder in taiwan they have tds 100-150 ph 5.5-7 temp 23c 25 Then here in my place they have Tds 80-150 Ph5.5-6.5 Gh4-6 Temp 22c-26c Why every breeder or hobbyist have there own water parameters for caridina im very bother with that none specific water parameters is that good or not? Because im very confused Thank in advance masters

Yes its rams horn snail 20pcs gfb boa genes s 20pcs blue bolt ss 20pcd PRL My temp now is around 25 to 26 😅 hoping they survive 😅 I dont have indian almond leaves but i can get here in the roads 😅 bacter ae i dong have , food yes i have and i have also mulberry trees here hehe so i can get leaf's there hehe for food source also hehe

This is my set up

You are well out of my expertise if you want to go deeper into tds, it stands for 'total disolved solids' and therefore is what is disolved in the water as regards, metals, minerals etc. Why different types of shrimp need different quantities is beyond my knowledge, I just accept the fact! This is why I buy specific shrimp products like gh/kh+ as I let the experts get the balances correct. Obviously tds is easier to adjust as you are dealing with a different scale than gh, but by increasing the tds it will also increase the gh, but maybe not enough to show up on a gh test as it may be only say from 3.1 to 3.3 but the test kits only show whole numbers (so both would show gh 3 on a gh test kit), that is why it is more sensible to just use tds at this point, and that is easier to test anyway if you have a tds pen/meter.

Why i need to increase the tds? Im so very confused right now masters. Because taiwan said that gh 3 - 4 80 tds I have many questions in my mind right now.. 😔

Well, that's the reason the overall TDS in the tank is lower. Yes. Add a little bit at a time until you get it to 100 TDS.

How will i raise my tds master? Do i need to put some minerals again to increase tds? But im thinking of the gh..

Yes its 9 tds No i dont have carbon in my tank

Does the water in the tank have a lower TDS? Are you using activated carbon?

Im ordering GFB boa genes grade S Blue bolt SS Crs and PRL blue bolt S My supplier said that the 60tds is ok and 3 gh and if its goes down like 40tds thats not ok but 60tds and 3gh thats fine he said. What do you think master is that ok? Because until now im confused please help me 😔

I dont have the shrimp yet. Actually my tank is since nov last year so its 1 year later and i decided to order shrimp in taiwan to check how it goes, because the first time that i buy caridina they all died because i only use filtered water. And now i have ro water and the diy minerals i want to see if they can survive so now i have 10 days lesft before the arrival of the shrimp. Im bother if its okay. Because taiwan said that my parameters is ok 60tds and 3gh thats ok.. so im doubting because to the other keepers im confused for there water parameters like i said i have known 2 breeders in taiwan they have different water parameters and there in Australia and here in my country its different water parameters so im so very confused why are there so many water parameters for the caridina i thought that theres only one water parameters for caridina