Does TDS Matter To You In Your Aquarium? Do you even Check for TDS?

So my Dirted Guppy Tank was having a super high TDS reading of 621. So for me I wanted to reduce the TDS in that tank

[wc]

The Ph and hardness of the water are important . Water changes are the most important thing to do. High no3 levels make fish not grow as they should. A meter for dissolved soilds would be best for the health of the plants in the aquarium. To high or low and the plants suffer. Knowing the makeup of the source water and how to customize it for the fish ya keep makes everything easier.

[Guppygeddon]

I used to keep my TDS around the reading of my tap water.
So i can top off with rain- or distilled water which will lower the tds slightly.
If it gets too low I can use my tab water with water conditioner to raise it.
I think baseline is to keep it stable for the most part.
My highest reading was 300 on one tank and my baseline tap water has a reading of 220.
So I think a range from +-100 around the baseline I would consider stable.
But since your tanks are open the evaporation and constant refilling will lead to bigger fluctuations so you need to find a _stable_ definition that works for your style of fish keeping.
Don't go nuts on numbers - that wont do you any good.

[FlowstateAquatics]

I really like your vitamin jar diffuser. I've been using some very primitive versions of that with random parts I had laying around and it has worked okay, but I think using a container like you did would be a major upgrade for my sanity. Primarily because what you made allows you to clip it in place lol

[DiscusNT]

Never checked my TDS once, I just watch my bubbles.

[josepolanco]

Hey Scottie. As you may seen in any video of mine that I am a big proponent of regular and large water changes. Poop and everything else will be part of the total disolved solids( TDS) and will affect it. The benefits to fish in limited space are countless. That me we all can do what work for us. That was interesting results to the the knowledge of water changes.

[SkullAquatics]

I check my TDS once in a while just to make sure it's not going crazy- can't wait to see what is going in that tank 👍👍👍

[pattys_aquatics]

I don’t ever check my TDS but yours was obviously high.
New fish…. That’s awesome can’t wait to see what they are 😁

[pppzoel]

Absolutely loved the content; keep it coming



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[curvingfyre]

TDS doesnt just refer to minerals, right? I always assumed it measured dissolved organics as well.

[fabienneisore]

Yeah check your water heater too youd be surprised.

[joeyr]

What if you top it off with RO water? I top mine with Ro water if it is rising to much. I have one of them Ro drinking taps at my sink.

[Split]

I used to check my tds... then realized my water is so hard from the limestone that the TDS, gh and kh are so high its either rodi or rain water if i pay attention to those.

Edit: at least 10× what neocaridina "need"

[Jimsfish]

No tds without all info means nothing
don’t know if what’s in there is good or bad

[joespy]

I do like you and only topped off i have sane tester and I was in the 2000