Clint Brearley wrote:
Tarah Nyberg wrote> on how much CO2 the plants need? Lowering KH will just lower pH (if CO2However, In order to reduce the net amout of CO2 that you need for you plants you can also reduce the KH. at a KH of 2-3, (36-50ppm) you will need much less CO2 to keep your plants happy. I don't have the chart handy, but this should be evident from the chart.
What? This doesn't make sense to me. Why should the KH have any influence
> stays contstant) but have no effect on CO2 or the plants CO2 requirements.
You are exactly correct Clint.
Regardless of what your KH is, you need to inject the same amount of CO2. Changing the KH only changes the pH at a given CO2 level. And we know that pH isn't what's important to the plants.
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