general hardness

Set up a 125 planted tank about 6 weeks ago using RO water. I have crushed coral in bags in the sump and added some eggshells in another bag to bring the GH and KH up. My question is, I have been experiencing a great deal of diatom algae and I know this is part of the process and somewhat...

Background info: About 4 months ago I set up a 20 gallon long, Red Crystal Shrimp tank (my first). I let the tank cycle and added the shrimp about a month and a half ago. I use RO water and remineralize with Bee Shrimp GH+ to a TDS of around 150. Bee Shrimp GH+ claims too raise the TDS and GH of...

Hi guys, Just ordered 2lbs of Ultimate GH Booster from GLA but I can't find out if it has enough K in it. I'm trying to move away from Seachem since most of their stuff is a rip-off IMO. Quality is good but price is too high. I read that it raises the GH by the same amount as Equilibrium, but...

I'm trying to learn about GH,kh, and driftwood softening the water for my fish. I'm thinking I can save the water my driftwood is soaking in to mix with tap water to keep my water softer?? Trying to find a cheaper alternative to RODI water.

Currently, with the water I am using and the setup of my tank, I have a gh of around 11 (5 from the tap, the rest from cuttlebone since my water at home has absolutely nothing in it). I suspect this is way too high, but I just wanted to confirm. By the way I'm keeping Blue Diamond neos.

So I got some painted reds for my 10 gallon. One shrimp has died every week since :icon_frow. The berried females I had were successful in giving birth thankfully (and none of the babies have died), but died after. I can confirm this is a moulting problem because I noticed cracks on the...

Hey Guys; Is it okay to use Liquid Calcium for marine to be used on freshwater shrimp? It should be just calcium or is there something harmful? I wanna increase GH without altering ph.