Epiphyte
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I've rescaped my tank recently and for the first timed used some ADA Amazonia V2 mixed up with some of my usual Tropica soil.
I also use RO water remineralised with Salty Shrimp originally, now APT Sky to ~120 TDS, which gives me a kH below 1, meaning I can grow all of the soft water species I like.
My issue is when only using Tropica substrate in my old setup my "resting" pH was around 7 with a pH of 6 when the CO2 was on, measured with a pH probe into an Intaqo CO2 controller.
With ADA Amazonia V2 it seems my PH is around 6.4 and whilst I'm playing around with CO2 values it seems that a PH drop to 5.6 is barely giving me a change in my drop checker colour, meaning I really need to push it lower.
Is a pH in, for example, the 5.4 range an issue for a planted tank? It seems way lower than anything I've come across and I can only put it down to the Amazonia.
Stocking is just rasboras of various types and rummynose, all of which are happy in acidic water I believe. Pants are stems, Monte Carlo carpet, buce of various types and they all seem to be thriving.
Should I just push for a green drop checker and ignore the numbers?
I also use RO water remineralised with Salty Shrimp originally, now APT Sky to ~120 TDS, which gives me a kH below 1, meaning I can grow all of the soft water species I like.
My issue is when only using Tropica substrate in my old setup my "resting" pH was around 7 with a pH of 6 when the CO2 was on, measured with a pH probe into an Intaqo CO2 controller.
With ADA Amazonia V2 it seems my PH is around 6.4 and whilst I'm playing around with CO2 values it seems that a PH drop to 5.6 is barely giving me a change in my drop checker colour, meaning I really need to push it lower.
Is a pH in, for example, the 5.4 range an issue for a planted tank? It seems way lower than anything I've come across and I can only put it down to the Amazonia.
Stocking is just rasboras of various types and rummynose, all of which are happy in acidic water I believe. Pants are stems, Monte Carlo carpet, buce of various types and they all seem to be thriving.
Should I just push for a green drop checker and ignore the numbers?