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Re: Question for George Booth
> Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 18:51:05 GMT
> From: mike at microspan_com (Mike Roberts)
>
> I just finished looking at George Booth's updated web site at:
>
> http://www.frii.com/~booth/AquaticConcepts.htm
>
> "Our discus tank is 84 F and about 2 dGH. Only a few plants known to
> like cold water don't do well. Most common plants found in fish stores
> do just fine although same may need acclimating."
>
> What pH are you running on that tank? With that low of a dGH the pH
> must not be too low otherwise the CO2 concentration would be awfully
> high.
GH does not affect pH; KH does.
As shown in the "Setups" section, our tanks are generally pH 7.0 and 5
dKH. Thus CO2 is 15 mg/l.
George Booth in Ft. Collins, Colorado (booth at fii_com)
Need Info? http://www.frii.com/~booth/AquaticConcepts.htm