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Re: [APD] Water Hardness and PH
I think my plants uses lots of Calcium..., I have 5 large Echinodorus,
at this point, they all got twisted leaves, and my water is supplied
with boron.
I am using Seachem's Malawi/Victoria Buffer. Left over from my
previous chiclid tank.
Not sure what's it in though, but it can only provide a buffer range of 7.8-8.4.
Rushui
----- Original Message -----
From: Rachel Sandage <rachelsor at hotmail_com>
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 09:24:45 -0700
Subject: Re: [APD] Water Hardness and PH
To: Rushui Guan <bosemani at gmail_com>, aquatic plants digest
<aquatic-plants at actwin_com>
No, CaCl2 and MgSO4 should not affect pH. Just curious, your GH is low
but your KH is around 7?
I add the CaCO3/MGSO4 after water changes - GH and KH go from around
1-2 to 5-6very quickly. I've never seen a problem.
rs
----- Original Message -----
From: Rushui Guan
To: aquatic plants digest
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 7:55 AM
Subject: Re: [APD] Water Hardness and PH
thanks for your help...
I am very careful about this because I had once given my fish PH shock
therapy so bad that, they all jump out of the tank. A few more
questions...
If I am to use CaCl2 and MgSO4 instead, should it effect PH and KH in anyway?
If I increase GH level to quick, will it harm fish?
thanks again
Rushui
On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 22:15:43 -0700, Rachel Sandage
<rachelsor at hotmail_com> wrote:
>
> Oops, incomplete answer. I should have said I use CaCO3 and MGSO4 2:1 by volume (I use 1T CaCO3 and 1/2T MgSO4) to raise my GH from 1.5 to 5. There's a thread about this from about 6 months to a year ago which has the data I used to decide on that ratio.
>
> Rachel
>
> ps if that's not by volume, I apologize - I should say, by measuring spoon.
>
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