Is water change necessary for shrimp setups?

[dew]

First you deduce whether the water is the sole cause of death. 2nd you can try dechlorinating the water by exposing it to air for several hours, thirdly toxins might be trapped in the substrate which mixed with the water at water change.

[newlife]

Hi all... just to share with you guys....I would normally top up all my 1 liter bottle with water and drop in a few drop of Anti-chlorine...and leave it for a week before water change. This way work out well for my CRS....I've from A-SSS grade in my habitat and all are happily surviving and some are berried....

[berber]

hello... my method is slightly simpler... i fill a container with normal tap water and add some shizhen solution into it stir it around, leave it for about 1hr then i will use the dripping method to introduce the new water into my tank.. all my shrimps are SSS only have 1 hino they are all doing well with my method and some are even berried with lots of eggs.. i do it about once to twice a week after using an airtube to suck out all the dirty stuff.. how much water i take out i will top it back with the same amount using this method BUT i try not to take out too much water!

[WiNd08]

My method is quite simple.

I have a tub of water aged with anti-chlorine / chloramine, Azoo liquid bacteria kit, Mineral plus and some ADA Amazonia II soil.


Every few days, I would remove 1 tauhuey tub of water and top up with 1.5tub (to refill the evaporation water lost).

[martin.kwang]

My method is quite simple.

I have a tub of water aged with anti-chlorine / chloramine, Azoo liquid bacteria kit, Mineral plus and some ADA Amazonia II soil.


Every few days, I would remove 1 tauhuey tub of water and top up with 1.5tub (to refill the evaporation water lost).

Bro your method is just top-up ?

[WiNd08]

yah, remove 1tub, top up 1tub.. as simple as that .

I don't use any drip method, works well so far as my aged water parameters and my tank parameters are the same

[goody992828]

My water change process are
1) A clean pail
2) pour in the sufficient amount of anti-chroline or shizhen
3) use a powerful spray head and turn on the tap water, this way will help to airate the water faster
4) leave it for a few days just expose to the air
5) remove same amount of water from tank
6) scoop in the new water with a tau huey tub

So far shrimp are fine.

[lesley]

A pail of water from the tap adding seachem prime, Shizhen and mineral plus is it overkill?

[hyun007]

It seem that those who leave their water for a couple of days tend to do better than the rest.

[curryfishhead]

Do you guys such up the shrimps Poo Poo during the water change process? Or the OHF or bacterial powder do the job? You use carbon too?

[curryfishhead]

Hi Sorry about the spelling mistakes..... I mean....

Do you guys suck up the shrimps Poo Poo during the water change process? Or the OHF or bacterial powder do the job? You use carbon too?

[WiNd08]

I doubt anyone of us here suck the shrimp faeces. Just leave them to decomposed by bacteria

[lesley]

I doubt anyone of us here suck the shrimp faeces. Just leave them to decomposed by bacteria

Hi bro. By Leaving the poo to decompose by bacterial. Do you need to add any additives?

[curryfishhead]

I thought to remove the poo, we use bacteria powder like Mosura BT9?

I put carbon and ceramic rings inside my OHF as well to further help to cultivate the right bacterial to decompose the poo...

Any more effective ways to do this?

[lesley]

I thought to remove the poo, we use bacteria powder like Mosura BT9?

I put carbon and ceramic rings inside my OHF as well to further help to cultivate the right bacterial to decompose the poo...

Any more effective ways to do this?

any other bacteria powder besides Mosura BT9 which can do the job?

[icemanken85]

I am using Pet Fran Ultimate Coat, is very effect.

Will add a few drops to a pail of water and let it age for a few days..

Personally, I think is important suck out the poo during every water change...this would greatly reduce bad bacterial building up..

[sgshrimps]

I add shizhen , rich water and old sea mud to the 1.5 litres ice mountain water bottle for like 5day before water change.Each week , i change like 3 litres for my 60 cm standard shrimp tank.

[ivanthensf]

I use diamond water too. I just condition my shrimps to the water. for mine i just overfilter, use carbon, mts to dig substrate and topup filtration once a week.
shrimps moult and mate with no fatalities just that mts are quite unsightly.

for dechlorinators i think the pail method works well, leave it overnight too or something.

[SeahSengYong]

I use distilled water for water change.
Not sure the difference between distilled water and mineral water we saw in supermarkets.

[chumzhujun]

How to sucks up the shrimp poor if there is alot of shrimplet?