Courtneybst
Member
Hey everyone,
I have a query that I couldn't find an answer for from the search.
For the last 6 months I have been keeping a mixed shrimp colony of Neocaridina and Caridina, both happy and breeding. I recently moved them to a slightly bigger, botanical method tank but towards the end of their time in the first tank I noticed several random deaths (particularly the adult crystals). I'm not sure if it's the reason but turns out my GH was super low, like 1 or 2! I wonder if this was causing failed moults...I originally set the tank up with a KH of 2 and GH of 6, but did top offs only so obviously the livestock/plants are consuming the dissolved minerals, but the carbonate hardness didn't shift at all.
My question is, how do I go about bringing the GH back up to 6 when it drops, through top offs? I don't know how much water has evaporated when I top off so how do I calculate how much remineraliser (Salty Shrimp GH+) to use and how much water to add? Is there a really obvious answer staring me in the face or is it's bit more complex, hence my confusion?
One thing I did consider was to fill the tank to the desired level at a GH of 6 and then remove for example 1L and mark the level on the glass. That way I know that 1L has evaporated and can calculate how much salt I need to use based on the remaining water volume. Even this seems complicated to me though!
Cheers
I have a query that I couldn't find an answer for from the search.
For the last 6 months I have been keeping a mixed shrimp colony of Neocaridina and Caridina, both happy and breeding. I recently moved them to a slightly bigger, botanical method tank but towards the end of their time in the first tank I noticed several random deaths (particularly the adult crystals). I'm not sure if it's the reason but turns out my GH was super low, like 1 or 2! I wonder if this was causing failed moults...I originally set the tank up with a KH of 2 and GH of 6, but did top offs only so obviously the livestock/plants are consuming the dissolved minerals, but the carbonate hardness didn't shift at all.
My question is, how do I go about bringing the GH back up to 6 when it drops, through top offs? I don't know how much water has evaporated when I top off so how do I calculate how much remineraliser (Salty Shrimp GH+) to use and how much water to add? Is there a really obvious answer staring me in the face or is it's bit more complex, hence my confusion?
One thing I did consider was to fill the tank to the desired level at a GH of 6 and then remove for example 1L and mark the level on the glass. That way I know that 1L has evaporated and can calculate how much salt I need to use based on the remaining water volume. Even this seems complicated to me though!
Cheers