drjack
Member
Hi,
When I started thinking about a heavily planted tank I read a lot of advice on the WEB (befoe joining UKAPS) and the recommendation seemed to be you needed RO water and a KH of 3 to 5. From what I read here, it seems I don't need RO water at all. So can I just go 100% tap water at the next water change and bin my RO unit or do I need to phase in the change? My tap water has: TDS = 473, GH = 17 and a KH of 12. My tank is currently a KH of 4.5
Aslo, I have read here that some run a hose straight to their tank during water changes and add the anti-Chlorine/Cholaramine straight to the tank. I have always heated the water to the same temperature as the tank before adding so I was wondering is there no chance of "themal shock" to the fish if you use a hose directly, especially in the winter?
Regards, David
When I started thinking about a heavily planted tank I read a lot of advice on the WEB (befoe joining UKAPS) and the recommendation seemed to be you needed RO water and a KH of 3 to 5. From what I read here, it seems I don't need RO water at all. So can I just go 100% tap water at the next water change and bin my RO unit or do I need to phase in the change? My tap water has: TDS = 473, GH = 17 and a KH of 12. My tank is currently a KH of 4.5
Aslo, I have read here that some run a hose straight to their tank during water changes and add the anti-Chlorine/Cholaramine straight to the tank. I have always heated the water to the same temperature as the tank before adding so I was wondering is there no chance of "themal shock" to the fish if you use a hose directly, especially in the winter?
Regards, David