Recent content by JdE

Well, this is Alabama, and the place where I live has a separate source of water, probably from a well. I was told once in a while they flush Magnesium down the system to "clean it up" and I suspect this is increasing the Gh without rising Kh. I have tried to use water from the city system, but...

Fish are fine, they come from 3 different providers and spent 4 weeks a tthe hospital tank before going into the display tank and I'm able to keep the healthy for a while. This is not something new, I think my main question is if there is a way to increase the Kh without introducing more hard...

Thank you for the replies. Yes, I think the problem is that the Gh of my water is 2 or 3 times higher than the Kh, but I can't find an effective way to fix it. I have gone through many "cycles" in the last couple of years, in which I just get tired of keep trying to manage the water parameters...

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...

I'll start changing water then, thank you all

That's my problem with the fish, every time I started to be aggressive with water changes I killed a few rummy noses and I just got 3 German rams that are rather sensitive to pH and hardness. I have 3 T8 (brand new) and I would say I'm rather overstocking fish, but I'm really happy with the way...

I have a 30 gallons well established tank with Eheim 2215 and a good number of plants. I use RO water to keep the pH in range and the total solids low (my water is kind of hard). Lately I got a light green algae on the glass and the tip of some plants seem rotten. I changed lights, increased...