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Question for George Booth
Mike Roberts wrote:
>I just finished looking at George Booth's updated web site at:
> http://www.frii.com/~booth/AquaticConcepts.htm
>Excellent resource.
>George I saw this under the "fauna" section:
> "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.
You've got it backwards. With a low KH, you need _less_ CO2 to drop the
pH, not more. With a KH of 2, 14.8 mg/l of CO2 will give you a pH of 6.6.
With a KH of 4, you'd need 30 mg/l to achieve the same pH.