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I didn't realize my tap/well water was so acidic. New aqua soil, water filtered for sediment added last friday, aerated and have crazy great flow so it's pretty oxygenated. Newly calibrated pH meter says my pH is 6.16. The lowest last night was about 5.58. The temp is 82.6 since (cycling.)
I had planned on setting it .8-1.0 below whatever is naturally, but if I set it to 5.14... that's really acidic. I know AS is acidic but wow. Is this why I can never keep shrimp alive in the past? I figured it was the copper pipes or something.
New API Kh/Gh test kits say KH is between 0 and one (hard to tell, no more than one. Maybe zero?) and GH is 4.
For as long as I can remember, those kH and gH values have been the same, with many test kits over the years.
I have an RO/DI chamber but I haven't been using it. I am just using two sediment filters and a carbon filter to purify my well water.
FWIW, there are no fish/plants yet.
I had planned on setting it .8-1.0 below whatever is naturally, but if I set it to 5.14... that's really acidic. I know AS is acidic but wow. Is this why I can never keep shrimp alive in the past? I figured it was the copper pipes or something.
New API Kh/Gh test kits say KH is between 0 and one (hard to tell, no more than one. Maybe zero?) and GH is 4.
For as long as I can remember, those kH and gH values have been the same, with many test kits over the years.
I have an RO/DI chamber but I haven't been using it. I am just using two sediment filters and a carbon filter to purify my well water.
FWIW, there are no fish/plants yet.