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My tank is about 570L. If I stop dosing Mgso4 ill be just left dosing KNO3, KH2PO4 and trace elements.....Is that sufficient for the plants???

hmmm, dont really want to go low tech.....I like my planted carpets!!! Might have to go for less demanding shrimp than CRS, even though i had my heart set on them :cry: Would it help the TDS if i did not add in my ferts dry (as i do) and diluted them first in water???

Is the reason you can rinse in rain water because there is no additives in it unlike from your water supplier??? I just tested my tank water for the first time and I got a reading of 570 (my tap water reads 80). I think this is too high for CRS. EI dosing is probably increasing it. So its...

Well i bought it on ebay....first i ordered one from China and it never came, so I just ordered from a UK seller and it was in Ireland in 2 days! There are plenty of them on ebay....I just picked one that came with the calibration solution.

Hi.... I just got a new TDS pen today and was wondering does it need to be calibrated before the first use? Also it says to rinse it in distilled water after every use. Is this important and will 4DKH water do? Thanks, Dave.

Yeah, I took your advise about a month and a half ago and ordered a TDS meter from ebay and its still not here :shock: Seemingly it got lost and another is on its way from Hong Kong, so should have it in another month max!! In the mean time ive been using a new Sera test kit. As above i might...

Hi everybody, I want to have my tank GH suitable for CRS, which i understand to be around 5-10. My tap GH is 4 but in my tank it is 16 :crazy: Could EI dosing cause this increase it? A guy in a local fish shop suggested it could be the MgS04 and try reduce it (if i reduce it will it affect...

So if i buy a TDS pen, there is not real need to check the GH?? What sort of value should you be seeing on the pen, with shrimp in mind?? I saw some on ebay, so i might get one, Cheers.

This wont tell me my GH, will it? ....just total disolved solids???

...yeah, i think so, cheers. Any brand of kit recommended??

....must be faulty so, or maybe its too old!!! I wonder can i assume my Gh is 4 since it took me 5 drops to go from clear to green? (first drop is meant to change it to red but it only slightly discoloured mine)

I want to test my GH to make sure its ok for CRS shrimp, but the instructions make no sense. Its a Tetratest test kit. Instructions say the GH is the number of drops it takes to turn the colour from red to green! For starters, my water is not red!!!!!!!!!!!! :| It took 5 drops to turn my...

...Was thinking of doing the same myself as we are going to have water rates introduced soon in Ireland. I know some DIY shops here sell barrels that connect to your drain pipe to collect the rain water. Not sure if the rain water would need any sort of treatment, but its probably better than...

Ive ordered a 5x2x2ft optiwhite with cabinet from them (already got Arcadia OT2 luminaire from another Uk based shop)....cant wait to get scaping! Just think of all those wonderful things she will cook up for you in the kitchen.......now if I could just get the wife to do my water changes...

No Liam, its not great over here for planted tanks, hence why i travel to the GM when I do a rescape or in this instance buy a new tank & cabinet :) Have to say though its improving here and some more online shops have appeared geared for the planted tank. A few years ago you could not even...

yeah i think they are here Liam, but i have some plants from old tank.....heading to your neck of the woods soon.....A trip to The Greenmachine :)

Will do Ceg...thanks.

.....so will fish flakes help then?

Hi....Im setting up a new tank soon (something i have not done in a long while!). I was wondering what people think about adding products such as Stress Zyme - Do they help the tank cycle, or are they a waste of money??? :? I heard that adding some fish food flakes can help build up the...