I've been reading an article on dry and rainy seasons, and it says on the 2nd day to add some calcium carbonate and magnesium sulphate to the tank to raise total and carbonate hardness 1 degree each.
This got me thinking. The first time my L134s had a trapping was when I had just finished a 3 week course of Flubenol 15 in their tank for something I thought was wrong, but wasnt. After a decent sized water change, the female went round my 3 males caves for a month, but no action.
The TDS in my tank is usually about 160 on my meter, and my tap water is 100. I've tried RO water to bring it down to 80 for a while, but nothing happens.
I'm just wondering if the drop from 160 to 80 isn't enough of a change for them to spawn and if the Flubenol over those 3 weeks raised the TDS quite a bit (I didn't measure it :wb
Do I want to have a TDS of 250-350 before I lower it? And what should I use? I can get a tub of Kent RO Right if need be.
Any suggestions welcome.
This got me thinking. The first time my L134s had a trapping was when I had just finished a 3 week course of Flubenol 15 in their tank for something I thought was wrong, but wasnt. After a decent sized water change, the female went round my 3 males caves for a month, but no action.
The TDS in my tank is usually about 160 on my meter, and my tap water is 100. I've tried RO water to bring it down to 80 for a while, but nothing happens.
I'm just wondering if the drop from 160 to 80 isn't enough of a change for them to spawn and if the Flubenol over those 3 weeks raised the TDS quite a bit (I didn't measure it :wb
Do I want to have a TDS of 250-350 before I lower it? And what should I use? I can get a tub of Kent RO Right if need be.
Any suggestions welcome.