Biggen
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Hey guys. It's me again. Well I got the 40 tall setup with flouite in the bottom of the thing. As cloudy as it looks, it appears I am keeping Channel Cats or Crawfish.
Anyway, I just did a KH test on the water. I have two degrees of KH. Pretty darn low. First I have a question on the KH test. I am using the Aquarium Pharm. test kit. As soon as the water in the tube goes yellow, is that the bright yellow they are talking about? After the first drop, it is blue. After the second drop it goes to yellow. This sound like I would have two degrees. I put in another drop and the color didn't seem to change...
I am a little worried that my KH is this low since I will be using the Hagen CO2 units. I know I can buffer the water by adding coral and shells (which I have a ton of). I can also add a stabilizer Hagen makes that is supposed to take care of this as well. With two degrees of KH what would be my best bet?
Right now my pH is 7.0-6.8 (its hard to tell as those two colors are so close together). I will be getting the plants in next week and will hook up the CO2 units when the plants arrive. I would bet since my kH is that low, I will have some pH swings. I won't know for sure until I get the plants in and the CO2 going...
Anyway, I just did a KH test on the water. I have two degrees of KH. Pretty darn low. First I have a question on the KH test. I am using the Aquarium Pharm. test kit. As soon as the water in the tube goes yellow, is that the bright yellow they are talking about? After the first drop, it is blue. After the second drop it goes to yellow. This sound like I would have two degrees. I put in another drop and the color didn't seem to change...
I am a little worried that my KH is this low since I will be using the Hagen CO2 units. I know I can buffer the water by adding coral and shells (which I have a ton of). I can also add a stabilizer Hagen makes that is supposed to take care of this as well. With two degrees of KH what would be my best bet?
Right now my pH is 7.0-6.8 (its hard to tell as those two colors are so close together). I will be getting the plants in next week and will hook up the CO2 units when the plants arrive. I would bet since my kH is that low, I will have some pH swings. I won't know for sure until I get the plants in and the CO2 going...