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Beautiful tank. Meticulously scaped.

Thanks X3NiTH for the word of caution. I will make the changes at my own risk. Shrimps are gone so no concern there. Lol. Fishes appear fine doesn’t seem affected. The Tds reading I get from my Tds pen is at 50-60 ppm. Thanks alto. If it wasn’t for the mishap I wouldn’t have posted in this...

Ok. Just saw this. I’ll just increase in stages then. Gracias

Thanks xenith for the info with explanation. Sodium bicarbonate would be available to me in the kitchen :D. I probably could remove the sodium with water changes. If I go with this approach raising the kh, would it affect the plant especially the Bucep I have in the tank? Perhaps I might try...

Since you have a planted tank, could probably get a surface skimmer like the ehiem skin 350 or its equivalent. Helps with circulation too

Apparently if it’s the insetcides, raising the ph to 8.5 will break down those chemicals. Is there any safe way to do in in an aquarium?

Thanks for the link Daryl, I did some reading earlier on and the symptoms appears to be the same. Thing is my tank has hardscapes, substrates, media and all. I’m worried that the incetcide may linger on in the tank bindin itself to the soil and all. Any thoughts? Feeling a little paranoid. Lol

The shrimps might be more sensitive to the snails as I still see a couple snails lurking around the tank. Yeah, I’m not sure if the test kits would be able to pick up traces of copper or not. Might invest in one if I’m still experiencing issues later on. I found an old thread that indicate it...

New leaf coming up and a little flower too

Hi guys, i recently introduced some plants to my planted aquarium with co2 and ADA soil. Within minutes the shrimps in the tank was behaving strangely being paralyzed and turn in their backs and started to die. The fishes, sae, ottos, Rasbora were doing fine though. I have since changed 90 %...