JDogg
Aquarium Advice Addict
well some of you may have noticed that my current project is a Nano Reef, but that does not mean i have stooped maintaining my 75 gal planted tank.
i unfortunately am noticing a problem a problem, so i come to my AA friend to get some advice/suggestions
one of the x-mas presents we got from my in-laws was a water softener, as our water was liquid rock. so i have been for about the last two months doing small pwc to my tanks to adjust them to the new water,the fish are doing fine, but i am noticing a couple problems with my plants... in particular my stargrass is growing kinda "stringy" and the tips curl and are small.
here are the params i know you will want
out of the faucet...
Ammonia/Nitrate/Nitrite = 0
PH=6.8-7.0
KH= 14-15 degrees (was dark blue up to 13, turned lighter blue at 14 and then yellow on 15)
GH= can't tell (some place between 1 and 13 it turned from orange to green, but it was such a smooth transition i could not tell
in the tank (just did a pwc)
PH=7.0-7.2
KH= 14 degrees
GH= 3 i think see above...
plus i dose (per week) KNO3 (2.5 tsp), KSO4 (1 tsp), KH2PO4 (1/4 tsp), CSM+B (3/4 tsp) and flourish trace... plus CO2
4x 32 watt T8 Bulbs (may need to be updates as they are ~ a year old
i am guessing that the problem is my GH. do you agree? Mg maybe? what is a good way to get that up.
anyways, TIA
i unfortunately am noticing a problem a problem, so i come to my AA friend to get some advice/suggestions
one of the x-mas presents we got from my in-laws was a water softener, as our water was liquid rock. so i have been for about the last two months doing small pwc to my tanks to adjust them to the new water,the fish are doing fine, but i am noticing a couple problems with my plants... in particular my stargrass is growing kinda "stringy" and the tips curl and are small.
here are the params i know you will want
out of the faucet...
Ammonia/Nitrate/Nitrite = 0
PH=6.8-7.0
KH= 14-15 degrees (was dark blue up to 13, turned lighter blue at 14 and then yellow on 15)
GH= can't tell (some place between 1 and 13 it turned from orange to green, but it was such a smooth transition i could not tell
in the tank (just did a pwc)
PH=7.0-7.2
KH= 14 degrees
GH= 3 i think see above...
plus i dose (per week) KNO3 (2.5 tsp), KSO4 (1 tsp), KH2PO4 (1/4 tsp), CSM+B (3/4 tsp) and flourish trace... plus CO2
4x 32 watt T8 Bulbs (may need to be updates as they are ~ a year old
i am guessing that the problem is my GH. do you agree? Mg maybe? what is a good way to get that up.
anyways, TIA