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I don't know the water hardness. I have a RODI unit and I get water from it. Do you think I need to buy a test kit for KH/GH?

Is it possible that my filter is making the water to clean? Here is my water tests this week. 1/02/21 pH 6.4 Ammonia 0.5 Nitrites 0 Nitrates 0 Phosphates 1.0 With the new lights some of the plants have lost color. Do you think it could be because of the low Nitrates?

I purchased new lighting, I have hygger full spectrum led lighting. Can someone help me with the settings that I need for it? How many hours? Inches above water? Light intensity?

Hello, Is there someone who can talk to be about my plant fish tank and the things that I need to do to get my plants to grow. I would like to talk about my weekly water parameters. Show this person pictures of my plant fish tank and I need some advice on what to do and buy to make things...

Hello, why would java moss turn brown? Here is a picture.

Here is a picture of the new plants when I cut the plants off the leaves.

Here is the picture of the new root growth.

There are some pictures.

Here is one of the new plants glued to the rocks It was mostly green when the plants where cut off the leaves of the other plant. Now it is turning brown. Growth has stopped. Here is one of the new plants glued to the rocks It was mostly green when the plants where cut off the leaves of the...

I Now have tapatalk so I can shar pictures. Here is some pictures of my plant fish tank and the plants. It’s nice to have some picture so y’all can see what is going on! Here is a picture of my 55 gallon fish tank, the plants, and the fish. This is one of the big plants that isn't...

Haha! Alright thank you! I am liking learning about the shrimps!

I had a female that had eggs, I was learning about the feeding of the shrimps and one of my female shrimps had the fry they were swimming around in the tank and from my over feeding the shrimp fry died. The female that I had died as well. I have had 2 males alive in there for 3 weeks now and...

I read somewhere that ph could be at 6 to 8 for planted tanks if the kh was good. I don't know alot about KH or GH for planted aquariums. I saw in a video that he said it doesn't matter what color the lights are and that plants could be grown using a desk light. So that made me think its...

Hello, I bought some test strips, made by imagitarium. The test strip I think measured this. pH 7.5 Total alkalinity 0 Total Harness 25 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 0 I have been reading about alkalinity and GH. Is Total Harness the same as GH? Total hardness is measured in ppm. How do I find...

Hello, I tested my water and the water in my plant fish tank is pH 6.4 can plants grow in a aquarium where pH is 6.4? I saw in a video that fish tank survive with pH parameter at 6-8. Are these parameters the same for plants in aquarium?