Majsa
Member
More out of curiosity than due to any issues, I am trying to understand my water report.
I was wondering already why I have a relatively high PH out of the tap (±8), while the hardness remains in the medium region (8). My KH is around 7. I just read on our water supplies website that they soften the water from GH13 to GH8,5 with natrium hydroxide and sand, could this be the reason? Most people here with much harder water still seem to have a PH of around 7.
Then I realised my EI kit doesn't have MgSO4 in it (it seems I am adding less than 0.1 ppm of magnesium through the micro mix). What is the ideal ratio of magnesium and calcium (for plants, shrimps...), is there such? It seems my tap water has 8 mg/l magnesium in, so with 50% WC I am adding 4 mg/l per week. My plants are doing OK but I guess they could benefit from some extra MgSO4. I use home-made macro and micro stock solutions as per instructions from the EI supplies site, but they don't have instructions for MgSO4. Can I add it to one of the solutions or just pinch some powder in half way the week?
I was wondering already why I have a relatively high PH out of the tap (±8), while the hardness remains in the medium region (8). My KH is around 7. I just read on our water supplies website that they soften the water from GH13 to GH8,5 with natrium hydroxide and sand, could this be the reason? Most people here with much harder water still seem to have a PH of around 7.
Then I realised my EI kit doesn't have MgSO4 in it (it seems I am adding less than 0.1 ppm of magnesium through the micro mix). What is the ideal ratio of magnesium and calcium (for plants, shrimps...), is there such? It seems my tap water has 8 mg/l magnesium in, so with 50% WC I am adding 4 mg/l per week. My plants are doing OK but I guess they could benefit from some extra MgSO4. I use home-made macro and micro stock solutions as per instructions from the EI supplies site, but they don't have instructions for MgSO4. Can I add it to one of the solutions or just pinch some powder in half way the week?