JdE
Aquarium Advice Newbie
Hi! I have a 30G low-tech planted aquarium with some chemistry problems. The water in my place has a high Gh (10-12) and thus a pH close to 8, but the Kh is low (1-2). After killing some tetras I started mixing RO water with tap water, but I can't figure out how to increase the Kh without going too high on the pH. Over the last 2 years I've tried baking soda, wonder shells, replenish, tap water with pH balancers and a combination of all of the above, but all it ends up doing is decimating my fish, the last one, a beatiful female ram I had for about 8 months. At one point my Gh was so low that I wiped off all snails and shrimp!
What am I missing?!
30 gallons, 8 rummy nose tetras, 2 rams, 1 gourami, 2 blue rainbows, 4 loaches, 4 amano shrimp, 3 ottocinclus, 1 thread finn, plenty of turbinate and apple snails.
pH 6.6, Gh 7-8, Kh 0, nitrates and nitrites 0, some algae grow, water change weekly with 8 gallons (6 RO, 2 tap water)
What am I missing?!
30 gallons, 8 rummy nose tetras, 2 rams, 1 gourami, 2 blue rainbows, 4 loaches, 4 amano shrimp, 3 ottocinclus, 1 thread finn, plenty of turbinate and apple snails.
pH 6.6, Gh 7-8, Kh 0, nitrates and nitrites 0, some algae grow, water change weekly with 8 gallons (6 RO, 2 tap water)