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i looked through your profile and apparently you have at least one plant in your tank. When plant grow they extract nutrients from the water. this can change the water chemistry in your tank. In doing so the PH can move up or down depending on the chemistry of your water. Also when the lights...

In order for plants to grow they need: Light water CO2 Nitrogen Potassium Calcium Magnesium Phosphorous Sulfur Chlorine Iron Manganese Boron Zinc Copper Molybdenum Nickel Everything in bold is in equilibrium. IF you plant get all of this they grow and a planted tank is easy If just one is...

You need to know is that most fertilizers on the market don't have all the nutrients plants need. According to Aquarium coop their fertilizer doesn't have Calcium, sulfur, copper, and nickel. Most of the time yap water supplies these nutrients. But if you live in a place with very soft water...

Hardness doesn't really mater for plants. 1 degree of hardness should be enough as long as cCa and Mg are pressent. ince you don't know Mg levels a going a little little harder (3 degrees) would be oK. 10 degree is OK. wants need Ca and Magnesium (which you hav, and 12 other nutrients...

Note softened water doesn't have enough of anything to satisfy the humans boddy's mineral needs. People 95% of the minerals they need from food not water. So it is safe for you to drink softened water unless your doctor identifies a medical condition that could be impacted by the high sodium...

This is not quite correct. Salt water softeners (which dominate the market) have resinthat is charged with NaCL When hardware comes in contact with the resin. the resin and sodium chloride reacts with the Calcium (Ca) and magnesium (Mg) carbonate in the water. The Ca Mg, and CL stay in the...

You can save money by only getting a 3 stage unit. You don't need the I resin cartridge. I haven't compared costs so I don't know which is cheapest. Also most unties come with a 1 gallon tank to store water for drinking If you intend to put the water is a bucket to store before use you might...

Thinly way to kill duck weed is to reduce nutrients so much that most plants will not grow. The best way to remove duck weed is to daily remove all of it that you see in the water. Keep doing that until you go 2 to 3 weeks without seeing any. All you need is a very tiny fragment of one plant...

LEDs need a very stable voltage and current and tempeaaturesto work if either is too high they will fail. Sometimes a voltage spike in the grid supply can get through filters in the power supply causing a failure. Also water can cause corrosion of wiring leading to a failure. If you keep...

Idon'tknowwhattat white stuff is. As to excel it is sold as an alternative to CO2 gas. It is an organic molecule that is similar to one found in plants and the assumption is that plants can use it as a source of CO2. And yes it is toxic twosome plants and can also harm fish. I tried itin my...

You can buy a water distilers which will evaporate water and then condense it back to pure water in a seperate container. Takes several hours to make about a gallon. All you have to pay for it is the electricity and water. It does produce considerable heat so best do it on cool day when your...

Excell is not a fertilizer. It is a chemical that some plants can use as a source of carbon. Normally plants get carbon from cO2 and other gasses from the air and water(Oxygen, Hydrogen). And then they get nitrogen from fish waist. Excell just provides carbon. After those plants need...

One of the most common causes of biofilm is bacterial growth on the surface of the water partially fueled by light. I also forms on natural ponds that don't get any human maintenance. Normally it is not a problem but if it gets thick enough it could impact gas exchange between the air and...

Normally 100% silicon rubber is used to seal tanks. Not caulk. That said silicon rubber is frequentlynext to calk.

It is probably better that you post this question in another tread. But you need to clarify what you looking for. Soft water has a low GH (Genernal hardness) the can have low or high PH. Or are you trying to correct KH (carbonate / alkalinity ). GH KH and PH are all different things. Low...

So your problem is not low pressure. You just want higher flow. RO Buddie makesRO filters that produce 50 or 100 gallons per day. The 3 way filter doesn't have a DI filter cartridge which you don't need. High flow systems don't use a pump. Instead they just use a larger filter to filter...

If you watch the news yes earthquakes seam more common. But that is not what its happening . When scientist look at the the data earthquakes are happening at the same rate every year since we have been keeping track of the them. I live in california were magnitude 3 earthquakes happen almost...

The problem will be low what DS is higher. Other times GH will be low what TDS is high. This means an adjust meant you come up with will sometimes be right or sometimes wrong. GH is mainly determined by Calcium and magnesium but TDS is everything

Do you have low home water pressure? if not you don't need a pump. Most home RO systems simply use the pressure in tap water to push water through the RO filter. The RO water can then be stored in a large bucket and pumped out when needed with a conventional pump. If you have low home water...

Forfloating plant light and CO2 doesn't mater. outside daylight at noon is fare higher than the light in any aquarium. Up to 20,000 lumens. Additionally Salvinia extracts C)@ from the air above the plant not the water below. This means the lively cause of your problem is nutrient levels in...

high levels of any micronutrient in water can cause fish to die if hey bt gets high. So in addition to getting more information of your well water you should always do a weekly water change. Fish waist adds minerals to the water that your plant may may not be able to remove. Doing a...

The capacity of a DI cartridge is dependent on the TDS of your water . The higher the TDS and shorter the life. For the bast life of the filter it would be better to. They are useful but the periodic replacement cost ends up being higher than the filter cost for an RO system without the DI...

I have never heard of an under sink water softener. The only water softeners I have see are large and require periodic loading of salt.There are filters you can install to removed chlorine or organics or RO systems. Test your water GH and KH. GH is the harndness of the water and only...

All plants will consume nitrate including floaters. Unfortunately it takes to processing steps in the plant to consume it. For ammonia only one processingstep is needed. So nitrate absorption is partially a time problem. It takes longer. And you must have no ammonia, urea or any other...

Coral would not increase your PH or PH. Coral (mainly calcium carbonate) only affects KH when it dissolves. Calcium carbonate only dissolves n acidic water with a PH below 7. As it dissolves it nuutralizes acids. Once the acids are neutralized the PH will stabilize at about 7. aqua vitro...

I use RO water in my tank. There are a couple ofthings you need to keep in mine. RO filters are not 100% effective and as a result the RO water may have a small amount of minerals left in it. The effectivnesss of RO filters is dependent on the source water. The other issue is that feeding...

The big problem with all claims from the manufactures and what the test kits show us may be two very different things. In everything above everyone is talking about free ammonia. A molecule of ammonia floating int the water. But in real life free ammonia doesn't last last long. ammonia is...

It is possible for the hells to harden the water. If you water has more sulfur than the plants need. The excess sulfate will etch the shells releasing the calcium and magnesium from the shells, Resulting in a GH increase. Examin the shells, If portions of the shells have holes missing with...

The GH test measures total calcium and magnesium levels Shrimp, fish and plants need them to live). You GH level is high enough that the problem is probably not a calcium issue. Your Neons might be the problem. They are big enough that they will try to eat them. The ones you have left are...

Limestone dissolves very well in acidic water but poorly in when the PH is very close to 7. Above aphof7.5 the the solubility's very low, near zero. IF the water is from a lake or stream it will have a low GH. IF it comes from a well the GH can be a lot higher depending on how much CO2 or...

All plants consume nutrients in the water. Duck weed grows fast and will reduce nutrient levels in the water. So it probably changed the nutrient levels in your water and possibly increased oxygen levels. This may have changed water conditions enough to trigger breading and or increased the...

were is your RO system located? It is in a separate unheated building such as a garage yes it could freeze. If is in your home it should be OK unless you loose power for several days. Since your tank is small the easiest thing to do is to store water in large plastic container. With the...

Not purpose other than advertising. People know that vitamins are good for people and apparently some also believe they are good for plants. But a healthy plant will produce all the vitamins it needs. The fact is if you supply all the essential elements a plant needs plus CO2 water and...

Water changes are also needed to replace minerals that fish need that but might not be in fertilizer. For example plants need calcium and nickel to grow. For various reasons these are not in most fertilizers. So if you don't a water change. plant may stop growing and it can also harm fish...

you list 1degree KH. Carbonate is CO3 ion this helps stabilize PH. The crushed coral in your tank will also control PH. However you are calculating Gh from your KH reading. KH and GH are very different tests. KH measures carbonate only. GH measures calcium and magnesium levels. For...

Nilocg only makes Makes Thrive fertilizer. It designed for planted aquariums with fish. The -S version is a low copper version for shrimp. If also uses many of the same ingredients that are in flourish comprehensive. and Flourish nitrogen. The only major differences is that it uses Iron...

Seachem Advance contains potassium phosphate and calcium and magnesium and a lot of vitamins that healthy plants make on their own. Soil hot it has 4 of the 14 nutrients plants need. Flourish comprehensie has 13 of the 14 nutrients plants need. I personally don't see why they are selling...

Note the actual amount of copper plants need in a than is between 2 to 10ppm depending on light levels and the levels of other nutrients plants need.