rshock
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
I am looking for some assistance with maintaining appropriate KH and GH levels in my 6 gallon freshwater tank. I have running my tank for just short of a year now with 7 Galaxy Rasbora (Danio margaritatus) and just recently added 1 Zebra Nerite Snail to handle a recent algae bloom. In all honesty, since starting my tank I have only recently been testing for KH and GH. I stuck to pH, Ammonia, NitrIte and NitrAte for a long time since that is what I understood.
I just tested the tank water with the liquid API test solutions and came up with 35.8ppm KH (2 dKH) and 143.2ppm GH (8 dGH).
Since starting the tank I have used tap water from two apartments. I never tested the tap water for KH and GH in my last apartment but my current tap water reads 35.8ppm KH (2 dKH) and 35.8ppm GH (2 dGH).
So if I understand this correctly, I currently have soft tap water at the low end of the ideal specifications for the galaxies (dGH – 3-15; dKH – 1-5) but my current tank water is at acceptable levels?? Should I try to adjust the levels and if so, how?
I just tested the tank water with the liquid API test solutions and came up with 35.8ppm KH (2 dKH) and 143.2ppm GH (8 dGH).
Since starting the tank I have used tap water from two apartments. I never tested the tap water for KH and GH in my last apartment but my current tap water reads 35.8ppm KH (2 dKH) and 35.8ppm GH (2 dGH).
So if I understand this correctly, I currently have soft tap water at the low end of the ideal specifications for the galaxies (dGH – 3-15; dKH – 1-5) but my current tank water is at acceptable levels?? Should I try to adjust the levels and if so, how?
