ttop24
01-18-2021, 01:52 PM
My tap water has at any given season between 20-40 nitrate so I use Ro/Di water.
with that said everything I read says to remineralize the water with tap water about a 80/20 mix. I do not want to add nitrates back to my fish tank.
My tank. I run a 125 Gallon Planted tank with 7 Discus.
Ph 6.4
Nitrate 0
Gh- 5
KH-1 or less (api test kit only goes to 1)
Everything else is 0
50% water change a day to every other day
I am remineralizing with Cichlid Lake Salt to get to a 4GH.
When I run my co2 injection my PH drops to a 6.0. I'm wondering if I should use something else to increase my KH or leave it alone. I was looking at dosing with discus trace to help remineralize. Im not dosing alot of co2 and would like to ramp it up slowely but afraid my ph would drop alot lower.
What are your thoughs / Opinions to help my tank thrive better.
with that said everything I read says to remineralize the water with tap water about a 80/20 mix. I do not want to add nitrates back to my fish tank.
My tank. I run a 125 Gallon Planted tank with 7 Discus.
Ph 6.4
Nitrate 0
Gh- 5
KH-1 or less (api test kit only goes to 1)
Everything else is 0
50% water change a day to every other day
I am remineralizing with Cichlid Lake Salt to get to a 4GH.
When I run my co2 injection my PH drops to a 6.0. I'm wondering if I should use something else to increase my KH or leave it alone. I was looking at dosing with discus trace to help remineralize. Im not dosing alot of co2 and would like to ramp it up slowely but afraid my ph would drop alot lower.
What are your thoughs / Opinions to help my tank thrive better.