Badger
Aquarium Advice Regular
Just wanted to run these figures by some sane people. Check my math and/or knowledge of parameters.
History: I have well water, put through some sort of spendy filtration system at the source (tap water) and I have an RO unit. I'm trying to get my freshwater tanks going again and I'd like some plants, so I'm testing and trying to get this science down. Here's what I found so far. (I'll test again in a couple days after the water has sat for a while.) I used new API drop tests for all of it, and calculated CO2 with http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua/art_plant_co2chart.htm and "Chuck's Planted Aquarium Calculator".
Tap Water (fresh from tap)
pH: 6.5
KH: 14 drops (degrees)
Calculated CO2: 132ppm
RO Water (fresh from RO unit)
pH: < 6.0
KH: 3 drops (degrees)
Calculated CO2: 113ppm (Assuming that pH is 5.9)
Tank Water (Sat for a few days in my aquarium, no fish, just a filter and a big piece of driftwood for decoration)
pH: 7.6
KH: 12 drops (degrees)
GH: 3 drops
Calculated CO2: 9ppm
Does any of this look wrong to an expert? Never really been into testing KH before, so I'm a noob. I appreciate any help. Thanks!
A day later...
RO Water (been sitting for about 24 hours)
pH: 6.2
KH: 3 drops (degrees)
Calculated CO2: 57ppm
History: I have well water, put through some sort of spendy filtration system at the source (tap water) and I have an RO unit. I'm trying to get my freshwater tanks going again and I'd like some plants, so I'm testing and trying to get this science down. Here's what I found so far. (I'll test again in a couple days after the water has sat for a while.) I used new API drop tests for all of it, and calculated CO2 with http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua/art_plant_co2chart.htm and "Chuck's Planted Aquarium Calculator".
Tap Water (fresh from tap)
pH: 6.5
KH: 14 drops (degrees)
Calculated CO2: 132ppm
RO Water (fresh from RO unit)
pH: < 6.0
KH: 3 drops (degrees)
Calculated CO2: 113ppm (Assuming that pH is 5.9)
Tank Water (Sat for a few days in my aquarium, no fish, just a filter and a big piece of driftwood for decoration)
pH: 7.6
KH: 12 drops (degrees)
GH: 3 drops
Calculated CO2: 9ppm
Does any of this look wrong to an expert? Never really been into testing KH before, so I'm a noob. I appreciate any help. Thanks!
A day later...
RO Water (been sitting for about 24 hours)
pH: 6.2
KH: 3 drops (degrees)
Calculated CO2: 57ppm