Minoul
New Member
Current levels of tank
5 gallon tank
Amm: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 5ppm
gH: 171ppm
kH: below 17ppm
pH: 6.8
Temp 77F
My issue: recently got an RO system and changed out my water 1/3 is RO 2/3 is TAP. Thought RO would get rid of my issue that my gH reliably climbs to above 200ppm once added to tank. Tap gH is 143ppm.
1 day ago gH of my aquarium was 161ppm
Today gH is 171ppm
I havent changed any water in 3 days.
Here are the full contents of my tank
Contents: ~15 RCS, crypts, dwarf sag, flourish tabs, imagitarium black sand substrate, bamboo wood, sponge filter, HOB aqueon quietflow filter (media is matrix, cuprisorb, porous ceramics, and sponge), baffle intake using brown pantyhose, glass feeder dish, airstone, 2 suction cup clamps for tubing, one thermometer
yesterday I removed the air stone and the cuprisorb filter media in order to test them as the culprits. No change in gH in the test water for either.
2 weeks ago I did a 100% water change to get my gH down and the tap watr I added (before I had the RO system) was 143gH ppm at the start, and over the course of a week it rose to 200+ ppm.
I use the API gH test kit.
PLEASE HELP!!!!!
5 gallon tank
Amm: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 5ppm
gH: 171ppm
kH: below 17ppm
pH: 6.8
Temp 77F
My issue: recently got an RO system and changed out my water 1/3 is RO 2/3 is TAP. Thought RO would get rid of my issue that my gH reliably climbs to above 200ppm once added to tank. Tap gH is 143ppm.
1 day ago gH of my aquarium was 161ppm
Today gH is 171ppm
I havent changed any water in 3 days.
Here are the full contents of my tank
Contents: ~15 RCS, crypts, dwarf sag, flourish tabs, imagitarium black sand substrate, bamboo wood, sponge filter, HOB aqueon quietflow filter (media is matrix, cuprisorb, porous ceramics, and sponge), baffle intake using brown pantyhose, glass feeder dish, airstone, 2 suction cup clamps for tubing, one thermometer
yesterday I removed the air stone and the cuprisorb filter media in order to test them as the culprits. No change in gH in the test water for either.
2 weeks ago I did a 100% water change to get my gH down and the tap watr I added (before I had the RO system) was 143gH ppm at the start, and over the course of a week it rose to 200+ ppm.
I use the API gH test kit.
PLEASE HELP!!!!!