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   Ryan Curtis

   January 13 2017 at 6:28 pm

   Hopefully you found this article on preforming water changes on a shrimp tank useful. Please feel free to post your comments/experiences below!

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   Bon

   January 20 2018 at 1:23 pm

   Hi, I have a question rather than a comment. Info: I have a pretty new 5 gallon aquarium. Two guppies and two clear spotted dwarf shrimp that have all been added over the past ten days or so. The shrimp have been pretty lively and eating constantly. I just did a 20% water change. All levels are good: ammonia, ph, nitrite, nitrate. Used Aquion water conditioner which removes both chlorine and chloramine. Added water back slowly, the temperature never moved from 72. The shrimp stopped eating but moved around a lot at first. I've been watching them closely since this is the first water change. An hour later one of them is hiding under a piece of driftwood, and still not eating. Finally, my question: How quickly can water changes trigger molting?

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   Liam Christy

   November 24 2018 at 8:27 pm

   This is good information. But its lacking the key information I was looking for. That being how to physically change the water. How to make sure the new water has the right temperature and chemistry etc..

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   Nathan

   April 7 2019 at 1:07 am

   Just wanted to say that these blog posts have been a huge help to me planning out my first shrimp tank. Thank you so much for taking the time to write these!

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   jeremy Nicely

   June 25 2019 at 1:58 am

   How do you pump the water in.

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   Cherie penney

   July 15 2019 at 4:52 pm

   Salty Shrimp is not sold in the USA on Amazon. What is the equivalent product to use in its place?

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   Molly

   September 14 2019 at 12:29 am

   This is such a nice explanation of the pre-, inter-, and post-molt. Thanks! I needed to explain why TDS was important and your explanation was so much better than mine, lol.

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   Vera

   April 5 2020 at 11:00 am

   Question here more than a comment: change water every two weeks but when should the first be done? Should it be done after the first molt or before any signs the shrimp is starting to molt? Thank you.

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      AC

      March 29 2022 at 11:00 am

      Do not overcomplicate. The shrimp population in a tank will never molt at the same time. Plus, the molting frequency changes over time. This means there will be always molting taking place. As a result, it is simply impossible to schedule a water change that would suit the population. So, keep it simple. Just change the water every week or two weeks while keeping the GH as close as possible to the previous value. For neocaridina the dGH should be around 6. Note that TDS measures KH, GH, along with all other dissolved solids in the aquarium. The KH value is irrelevant for this discussion (and can be safely kept between 0 and 1).

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         Mike

         August 30 2022 at 2:38 pm

         That is correct AC. TDS measures more than just concentration of minerals in the water. That's why Salty Shrimp tells you to aim for 6 °dGH and/or a conductance of about 300 +/- 50 µS. This is my target when remineralizing RDO water. If you have good filtration then your ammonia, and nitrites should be in check. Shrimp don't have a big bio load. I only change water when nitrates start to climb due to left over food.

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