Forgive me if this question has been asked elsewhere, I had a look around but couldn't find anything.
Does Florabase Pro lower Gh when it 'sets' your PH? I'm on day 7 of my fishless cycle and the pH is steadily dropping towards 6 as indicated on the Florabase packaging (currently 6.4), but my GH is also steadily dropping and today it's 3 degrees and I'm perplexed.
I initially filled the aquarium with 50/50 RO/Tap as my water is extremely hard (13 degrees) and have literally done nothing else bar add a pinch of fish food daily, so all I could think was that the substrate is responsible for the drop in GH.
I don't want to start meddling with parameters and making life unnecessarily complicated for myself so I'm wondering if I should totally forget RO and stick with tap if the substrate is going to soften the water anyway?
Any input from those of you who've used this substrate would be gratefully received.
Does Florabase Pro lower Gh when it 'sets' your PH? I'm on day 7 of my fishless cycle and the pH is steadily dropping towards 6 as indicated on the Florabase packaging (currently 6.4), but my GH is also steadily dropping and today it's 3 degrees and I'm perplexed.
I initially filled the aquarium with 50/50 RO/Tap as my water is extremely hard (13 degrees) and have literally done nothing else bar add a pinch of fish food daily, so all I could think was that the substrate is responsible for the drop in GH.
I don't want to start meddling with parameters and making life unnecessarily complicated for myself so I'm wondering if I should totally forget RO and stick with tap if the substrate is going to soften the water anyway?
Any input from those of you who've used this substrate would be gratefully received.