willsy
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- 19 Mar 2012
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Hi,
Just in the process of setting up my new aquarium.
Been keeping planted tanks for a few years now, but this is my first high tech attempt!
Currently my equipment is:
180L Aquascaper aquarium.
CO2 injection (currently 2 to 3 bps without fish).
Heavily planted.
EI 5 days per week.
Twinstar 900s LED.
My question is regarding my water parameters...
I was using 50/50 RO/tap previously, but as per another recommendation on here, I have now moved to 75%RO/25% tap.
I carried out a water change at the weekend and it was the first time ever I've seen the plants pearling in all these years! So looks like a good sign...
The thing is my parameters are the following for the mixed water before putting in the aquarium:
ph: 6.6
kh: 4
gh: 6
Is this OK for CO2 injection? I hear of 1 point drop is optimal for CO2 injection, but this would take me to 5.6ph would it not? Not sure about all this 1 point drop stuff!
I'm keeping Tetra's, so I think this should be good for them at least!
Cheers
Will.
Just in the process of setting up my new aquarium.
Been keeping planted tanks for a few years now, but this is my first high tech attempt!
Currently my equipment is:
180L Aquascaper aquarium.
CO2 injection (currently 2 to 3 bps without fish).
Heavily planted.
EI 5 days per week.
Twinstar 900s LED.
My question is regarding my water parameters...
I was using 50/50 RO/tap previously, but as per another recommendation on here, I have now moved to 75%RO/25% tap.
I carried out a water change at the weekend and it was the first time ever I've seen the plants pearling in all these years! So looks like a good sign...
The thing is my parameters are the following for the mixed water before putting in the aquarium:
ph: 6.6
kh: 4
gh: 6
Is this OK for CO2 injection? I hear of 1 point drop is optimal for CO2 injection, but this would take me to 5.6ph would it not? Not sure about all this 1 point drop stuff!
I'm keeping Tetra's, so I think this should be good for them at least!
Cheers
Will.