I have pretty soft tap water - around 45 TDS, 2dGH, 0dKH. I was thinking about adding shrimp to my tank and I've read recommendations to have at least 4dGH for most shrimp. I have some Seachem Equilibrium so I was going to add some to my water changes and try to achieve 4-5dGH but just noticed that the product is seems to contain a lot of Potassium. I'm not really sure how to do the math on how much Potassium will be in my water if I use this product so I have a 2 part question:
1. If I add 4 grams of Equilibrium to 20 litres of water, and the product is 23% Soluble Potash, what would the level of Potassium in this water now be in PPM(assuming the level was 0 before adding Equilibrium)?
2. Should I be concerned about any negative impacts on plants or fish if I'm using both Equilibrium and dosing APT complete which adds about 4ppm per dose?
Edit: I'm terrible at math but I'm thinking the Equilibrium would be adding something like 40ppm of Potassium, which seems really high to me based on what I'm currently dosing.
1. If I add 4 grams of Equilibrium to 20 litres of water, and the product is 23% Soluble Potash, what would the level of Potassium in this water now be in PPM(assuming the level was 0 before adding Equilibrium)?
2. Should I be concerned about any negative impacts on plants or fish if I'm using both Equilibrium and dosing APT complete which adds about 4ppm per dose?
Edit: I'm terrible at math but I'm thinking the Equilibrium would be adding something like 40ppm of Potassium, which seems really high to me based on what I'm currently dosing.
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