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Some companies list hardness in "degrees" while your test strips reads it in PPM. 1 Degree = 17.8 PPM (milligrams per liter). Your picture shows the strip between 50 and 250 but you placed the strip right on top of the charts square between 50 and 250. yOu should have taken a picture of the...

I did firstly the SAPI but it I found it hard to get aa good reading below 10ppm.. I found this. It is a little expensive but precise and easy to get an exact reding in after only a few minutes. No color chart. if you have any other questions about dosing fertilizers let me know. I have...

I am referring to natural shells like the ones you find on a beach.

If your fish are producing most of the nitrate then it is likely that you also have high phosphate level. You might want to consider getting a phosphate test kit. The macro nutrients plants need are Nitrogen (N), Potassium (K), Calcium (Ca), Magnesium (Mg), Phosphorous (P), Sulfur (S)...

There is no specidfic type. They are all made primarily from calcium carbonate. Crushed coral is also primarily calcium carbonate.

This is actually not correct. Plants need Nitrogen (N) not nitrates (NO3). However potassium nitrate is the easiest to find and is less toxic than ammonia or nitrite. So many fertilizers use it. One alternative is Urea, CO(NH2)2. I have and used it in my tank successfully. I have also read...

Generally in industry PH is set to a level for specific reasons that often have nothing to do with keeping something clean. Same for aquariums But in aquariums fish and plants have have competing needs. But many plants do best in water that is slightly acidic because micro nutrients dissolve...

Dry weather generally des not cause high nitrates. Wet weather however can. When it rains cause water run-off from farms. Farms typically use nitrate fertilizer If that gets into a river that is used for drinking water the nitrate winds up in your tap water. Excessive use of fertilizer can...

Plant need nitrogen, nitrogen can be in the form of ammonia, reel, amino acids and nitrate. Only nitrate will show up in a nitrate test. Only ammonia will show up in an ammonia tests. Ammino acids and urea will not show up in any test. So there are multiple sources of nitrogen in tanks and...

The color of lava is dependent on its chemistry and how long it is exposed to oxygen while staying molten. As a result it can be white, red shades of gray or black. Drip some vinegar onto the white material. It it fizzes it is probably calcium carbonate which could affect GH and KH and PH...

The problem with not doing water changes is that element plant and animals don't need or are toxic will build up over time. And there is a lot of stuff in tap water. Strontium, lead, mercury, arsenic uranium are just a few that are probably in the water. Granted they are at low levels but...

I personally use a 3000K LED lamp with a small number of 660nm red LEDs. Plants grow great with this light.

Plants and algae need the following to grow, light, water, CO2, Nitrogen, Potassium, Calcium, Magnesium, Phosphate, sulfur, Chlorine, Iron, Manganese, Boron, Zinc, Copper, Molybdenum, Nickel. For plants if only one is missing plants won't grow and eventually will die. As to algae its nutrient...

Plants and algae need nutrients to grow Algae actually needs far less nutrients than plants. But for some reason when there are enough nutrients in the water for plants to grow Algae doesn't do well (no one knows why). RO water has no nutrients (I am assuming 100% RO in both of your tanks)...

There are filters on the market that use DI resin to remove elements like sodium, magnesium, and calcium. I don't believe Arita has such a filter. I believe there is a company zero water that does make such a filter. But I don't have experience with brita or Zero water. I have a RO system...

GH tests for calcium and magneisum. Often this are in the form of carbonates. The KH test measures dissolved carbonates. But calcium and magnesium carbonate are generally a solid at high PH levels and Generally only dissolve in water with a PH less than 7. It would be helpful to know what...

Aluminum is one of the most abundant elements on earth. Everyone has aluminum in there body as well as many other toxic element such as mercury aand uranium. Early on it was looked at but that research didn't lead to anything. Today the The CDC listed risk factors are high blood pressure...

Actually you can. All plants need 14 elements other than CO2 water and light to grow. If just just one is missing it might die. if it is missing several yes it will die. I have seen it in my own tank although at the time I didn't know what happened. Fertilize the water. Since many...

You have a nutrient deficiency but it probably isn't potassium. IF it was potassium. Potasssium as well as nitrogen, phosphate, magnesium chlorine and molybdenum are mobile nutrients. A deficiency in these nutrients causes the older leaves would die off first. leaving the top looking healthy...

Actually many people have had problems with EI . Keep in mind on forums you often find the successful tank but often the unsuccessful tank owner five up and disappear from the forum or later they put everything they purchased on sale post (I saw this a number of times on other forums. The big...

That can happen but it also depends on the chemistry of your water. My home is about 40 years old and when I measured my copper levels I found I have 50 PPB of copper leaching from the pipes. Thank God I never used it in my tank. but keep in mind that 50ppm of copper is still not a lot in one...

When tom barr created the EI dosing methode he was using a micro known as CSM+B. Many people still are. it has 2 problems. it has about one days worth of Zinc and Iron EDTA is only stable at a PH of less than 6.5 and didn't last long. He had to dose it every other day to get it to work. He...

A teaspoon of what?

Scientist theorized lack of CO2 caused the ice age. the data proved it wrong. Scientist also theorized orbital variation cause the ice age. Earths orbit has 12,000 year summer followed by a 12,000 year winter. The ice ages lated 100,000 years. The latest theory says that orbital variation...

According to API packaging one 2 nutrients are listed iron and potassium. Too much of either could kill animals. If thereto tabs dissolved too fast or you didn't do any water changes they iron and potassium levels my have gotten too high. Too many unknown to make any concusions. However...

Nasa has not reached deep space. With our current technology it would take about 500 years for a probe from earth to reach the nearest star 4 light years away. We don't know how to make a probe that would last that long. We have only been able to explore the major plants in our solar system...

iron and manganese typically are not pressent in tap water (They are chemically very similar. Copper is typcally pressent due to extensive use of copper pip in homes and by utilities. Prior to copper pipes lead or zinc coated iron pipes were used and many brass fixtures had zinc in the...

Happened to me to. The solution is to get a clea plastic or glass line and amount the light to the top of the lid.

One plant you might want to try is Aanubias Nana .it is a dwarf Pothos that is commonly used submerged in aquariums.

Sorry the hear about the shrimp and algae outbreak. One thing you might want to try is passive CO2. basically invasive co2 the diffuser is replaced by an inverted bell or container iwht no air init . it is then filled with CO2 the CO2 naturally diffused into the water. it is impossible to...

nitrate is only removed by bacteria that live in low oxygen environment. many tanks don't have low oxygen environments. so it builds up until a water change. So for you new setup your nitrate levels are not unusual. Also nitrate is less toxic than nitrite and ammonia. So when your nitrite...

unfortunately that is just the % for the nutrients. This can be used to calculate the amount of in a given amount from the bottle. Most bottle have this. for a sulfate fertilizer the ingreient list would look something like this. Iron DTPA Manganese sulfate boric acid Zinc sulfate copper...

Unfortunately no. Actually most of the micros are unstable (iron, manganese, zinc, copper, molybdenum, and nickel. Iron is the worst but it is a problem with all of them unless you have acidic water with zero KH. But few people have water with zero KH. All other nutrients are generally...

Fertilizers fail for 3 basic reasons. The concentration of nutrients is not consistent with what plants need. TNC is on of only 2 fertilizers I now of that try together the ballance right. I would grade it a A and from what I know TNC is the better choice. Not all 14 nutrients are in the...

glutaralehyde is the primary ingredient in liquid CO2 products It is used primarily as a disinfectant and can be toxic to fish and some plants.While plants can use it as a source of carbon it is not really CO2 gas. CO2 doesn't cause or inhibit algae. Most aquarium with CO2 are dosed according...

Just for background the primary pigment in plants is chlorophyl. It generates most of the energy plants need and gives plants their green color. It is most efficient at absorbing red and blue light but will absorb all visible wavelengths. There are other pigments in plants that can generates...

you will get algae but I cannot predict which type of algae you will get.

Snails idon't have teeth. If they did they would have scratched up the entire surface of plastic aquarium. So they cannot eat their own shell However they can eat the algae growing on the shell. Same is true for cuttle bone. But any acids in the tank will attack a cuttle bone causing it to...

In order for plants to grow and reproduce they need: Nitrogen Potassium Calcium Magnesium Phosphorous Sulfur Chlorine Iron Manganese Boron Zinc Copper Molybdenum Nickel This list is order from the most heavily used nutrient (Nitrogen) to the least used (Nickel). If Just One is missing the...

The PH effect of carbonates depends on the type of carbonate and its solubiilityin water. Sodium bicarbonate and potassium bicarbonate resoluble in any water condition and as a result can push the PH up a lot. However limestoene is Calcium barboate ONLY dissolved in acidic water. It does not...