Why are my crs dying?

[kiantkh]

Bro shearerkk, thanks for the encouragements!

Update:

Bought ammonia test kit($25 ouch!) and my tank has 0mg/l. Assuming the test result is accurate, the issue is narrowed down to the ph, gh, tds and possibly kh(immeasurable).

Since I started seeing fire red casualties since yesterday coupled with the fact that i rarely see shrimplets nowadays, I suspect the main culprit to be the gh, kh or tds.

How can I safely increase GH in a shrimp tank?(I bought mineral plus but instruction say it will increase tds too. However, my tds is alr 230++, is it dangerous if i keep increasing it?)

Also, is it possible for gh to be lower than kh?

[reiner09]

Bro shearerkk, thanks for the encouragements!

Update:

Bought ammonia test kit($25 ouch!) and my tank has 0mg/l. Assuming the test result is accurate, the issue is narrowed down to the ph, gh, tds and possibly kh(immeasurable).

Since I started seeing fire red casualties since yesterday coupled with the fact that i rarely see shrimplets nowadays, I suspect the main culprit to be the gh, kh or tds.

How can I safely increase GH in a shrimp tank?(I bought mineral plus but instruction say it will increase tds too. However, my tds is alr 230++, is it dangerous if i keep increasing it?)

Also, is it possible for gh to be lower than kh?

It is great that with the test kit ... you manage to narrow down from the amount of possibilities , okay now this is not too difficult.. kh shouldn't be much of a problem. your ph is slightly on the high side but it is still reasonable and now to alter the gh/tds. 1 cap full of mosura mineral plus(the 180ml one) into 5.5l of distilled water yields about 3gh with 65tds( I had it tested ).. So now my suggestions for you is to get distilled water to conduct water changes( with you doing your own calculations on how much you need) . If distilled water is beyond your budget, you can add mosura M + into your tap water then measure the gh( this time it should around 5-6( it has to be higher than original by quite abit,if you want to see results faster)) . tds wise ,i don't think there is much to worry since you are changing out the water ( and tds of tap-water should probably hover around 80-130 in Jurong area) so an addtion of 65 tds should give you 195 tds at most. The last step is to slowly drip this 'new' water into your tank ( what i did is to use a breeder box and set the drip rate to a very low output, so the water will drip and mix slowly over days)..you don't have to worry about any parameter shock to your fauna this way as sufficient time is given for them to adapt and also the fraction of the water changed in is small compared to the total volume of your tank. repeat the following steps over several water changes (once per week) you should see your gh going up gradually.

[seudzar]

Mosura has this "gH up". You can get it either from green chapter or c328 or y618.

[reiner09]

Mosura has this "gH up". You can get it either from green chapter or c328 or y618.

oh is it? i haven't seen that product before, maybe i missed it or something..but if they have this product then everything becomes even easier...

[seudzar]

Super paiseh.... The product is not from mosura. It is from Borneo Wild which is called Borneo Wild gH up. Green Chapter has a lot of product from Borneo Wild. Paiseh paiseh... Old man need new pair of glasses liao.

[seudzar]

Take a look at this link from Green Chapter. It teaches us what product can be used to condition the shrimp tank to the level we want.

http://www.gcshop-sg.com/learn_v.php?aid=39&topic=1

[kiantkh]

Thanks leefhker for the tip on increasing the gh. Initially I was thinking of adding directly to the tank without water change.

Wow thanks seudzar! Thats a very useful link!

[Navanod]

The product from Mosura is TDS up, which is increasing TDS without a corresponding increase in GH. Useful in a very new tank with a low TDS

[shawnc9]

Only 1 pack left at gc, no stock at C328, Y618. Just in case you're looking for it. Its a bit hard to find.

[kiantkh]

Thanks for the tip! I am currently using mineral plus to up my gh.Tds is hovering at around 330-340.
Also adding more africana to buffer my ph.

Hope all goes well.

[seudzar]

Plenty of Borneo Wild "GH Up" at Green Chapter.

[devil_xiaozhu]

Now i got the same problem with you. ph 5.5, gh 4, kh 1, ammonia 0. didnt test tds.
My bds all up lorry. HEART PAIN.

My sakura also experincing the same thing.
Both bds and sakura are kept in the same tank.

[Noobz]

PH 5.5 should be ok with BDS bro. Maybe need to check on the TDS.

[devil_xiaozhu]

PH 5.5 should be ok with BDS bro. Maybe need to check on the TDS.

yup. can't think of what is wrong except maybe for the tds part.