sonicninja
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Hi everyone,
Just a quick question perhaps you can help me with. When keeping shrimp in a low tech planted tank that I dose EI in how do I attack water changes?
I'm new to shrimp and have read that when doing weekly water changes I should try and match the current TDS of the tank water with the new top up water. However, if over the course of the week the TDS has increased significantly wont I end up in an endless cycle where I constantly increase the TDS over time?
e.g Week 1 the tank water is 150TDS so I match it with 150TDS water. Week 2 TDS has increase (through dosing etc) to 200 so I match with 200 TDS water and so and and so on.
...or should I just be trying to get the TDS back down to its original figure every time. Urg....this reads appallingly but hopefully someone knows what the hell im on about!
Cheers!
Just a quick question perhaps you can help me with. When keeping shrimp in a low tech planted tank that I dose EI in how do I attack water changes?
I'm new to shrimp and have read that when doing weekly water changes I should try and match the current TDS of the tank water with the new top up water. However, if over the course of the week the TDS has increased significantly wont I end up in an endless cycle where I constantly increase the TDS over time?
e.g Week 1 the tank water is 150TDS so I match it with 150TDS water. Week 2 TDS has increase (through dosing etc) to 200 so I match with 200 TDS water and so and and so on.
...or should I just be trying to get the TDS back down to its original figure every time. Urg....this reads appallingly but hopefully someone knows what the hell im on about!
Cheers!