Oh trust me, I'm going there in my lifetime.Washington….
Move there or at least do a few weeks of vacationing up there...
If I decide to move there I will definitely be having an aquatics store. Or at least hope to. It's a nice dream/goal
Oh trust me, I'm going there in my lifetime.Washington….
Normal is a setting on a dryer.I want to move to an area with normal water
Ok?Normal is a setting on a dryer.
something a friend of mine who was a counselor would say. In other words, except for a setting on a dryer, there really isn't a "normal"
That is VERY true... But what I mean by "normal" water is that my water is just scientifically considered weirdsomething a friend of mine who was a counselor would say. In other words, except for a setting on a dryer, there really isn't a "normal"
Things are what they are, people are who they are, there is no normal. Including water supplies.
sounds like Texas water in some rural areas.That is VERY true... But what I mean by "normal" water is that my water is just scientifically considered weird
I mean low GH but high PH and KH... Everything I've read goes against that.
Straaaangesounds like Texas water in some rural areas.
They are adding sorting to the RO water to increase the P. Normally RO water has a PH of of 6 yo 6.5 . I don't what they could be adding.that doesn't change KH as well as PH.Come live in Western Australia, the backward state. We have r/o water as our drinking water. The government has desalination plants and that's our water.
0 GH, 0 KH, pH around 8.0
CO2 injection does not change KH. CO2 doesn't reduce or destroy KH. Also CO2 is a very week acid. while it can lower the PH of pure water to 6. just added just adding a very small amount of sodium bicarbonate would push the PH to 7 to higher.CO2 generator with line in bucket before adding to tank? Rainwater is a whole lot cheaper than sugar, or buying CO2 tanks
Peat releases organic acids. The reaction between these acids and does reduce KH. But the Peat has a very limited amount of acid which is reduced with each water change. Eventually the peat runs out of organic acids and the KHreducing effect ends.You can add a lot of peat to the water and it will use up the KH, but it won't affect GH.
I have seen tanks that had CO2 added and the pH dropped to 4. CO2 can drop the pH a lot lower than 6.CO2 injection does not change KH. CO2 doesn't reduce or destroy KH. Also CO2 is a very week acid. while it can lower the PH of pure water to 6. just added just adding a very small amount of sodium bicarbonate would push the PH to 7 to higher.
That is why your pH on a planted tank is lower in the morning than at night.I have seen tanks that had CO2 added and the pH dropped to 4. CO2 can drop the pH a lot lower than 6.
and when the pH drops it draws from the KH.I have seen tanks that had CO2 added and the pH dropped to 4. CO2 can drop the pH a lot lower than 6.
Yes you can get below 6 but you need a lot of CO2 to do it. Even with CO2 injection. I tried CO2 diffuser in my tank with pressurized CO2 and couldn't get close to 6. Even in the high tech world it is hard to get to a PH of 6 with CO2 injection.I have seen tanks that had CO2 added and the pH dropped to 4. CO2 can drop the pH a lot lower than 6.