gd007
Aquarium Advice Activist
Hello,
I recently purchase the KH & GH testing solutions to enhance the API Freshwater Master Kit I already own.
I am having a hard time understanding the differences given I have a wide range between KH & GH. Here are my results:
KH - took 3 drops (including drop#1) to turn yellow. Do I read this as 3 degrees or 53.7 PPM?
GH - took 10 drops (including drop#1) to turn green. Same as above - do we read this in degrees of ppm.
What does it mean that I have such a low KH and a high GH? Should I be concerned?
Here are my other water results:
temp: 80
pH: 7.4-7.6
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 10
I have a freshwater, 55 gallon, planted tank with the following recently added fish:
6 Boesemani Rainbows
7 female Fancy Guppies
7 Panda Corys
~8-10 Ghost Shrimp
~12+ Malaysian trumpet snails
I have several 'standard' hardy plants and a live driftwood (with java moss).
Thanks for reading!
-GD007
I recently purchase the KH & GH testing solutions to enhance the API Freshwater Master Kit I already own.
I am having a hard time understanding the differences given I have a wide range between KH & GH. Here are my results:
KH - took 3 drops (including drop#1) to turn yellow. Do I read this as 3 degrees or 53.7 PPM?
GH - took 10 drops (including drop#1) to turn green. Same as above - do we read this in degrees of ppm.
What does it mean that I have such a low KH and a high GH? Should I be concerned?
Here are my other water results:
temp: 80
pH: 7.4-7.6
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 10
I have a freshwater, 55 gallon, planted tank with the following recently added fish:
6 Boesemani Rainbows
7 female Fancy Guppies
7 Panda Corys
~8-10 Ghost Shrimp
~12+ Malaysian trumpet snails
I have several 'standard' hardy plants and a live driftwood (with java moss).
Thanks for reading!
-GD007