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Yesterday, I tested the KH and GH in my NPT.
GH is way too low (1-2... the first drop was between colors), as I knew it would be, since my parents' water is as soft as it can possibly go (I've added some fertilizer in the past, been a loooong time, so that's probably why it's in between 1 and 2, because the tap water is seriously 0)... the tap water in my apartment at college is 9 for GH, which I am THRILLED about, so I'll be doing some water changes to get that up... I also want the water to be a tiny bit more... clear. It's seriously brown with tannins, lol, which Sky probably likes, but I want it to be a bit more presentable. eeee Excited for my plants. When I drained the tank into gallon jugs to move, it looked like jugs of tea. XD
BUT my KH is 16 in the tank! Can it be too high?! Tap water here is 3 for KH, which as far as I know is too low... so it might balance out a bit with the water changes to get GH up. Should I be worried, though? I'm not sure if it's possible for KH to be too high.
pH was 8.4. To be honest, I RARELY check it, but I'll check it later today and make sure it's stable. Every time I've ever checked pH (which is once every like 3 months) it's been around 8.2 - 8.6, though.
And, in case anyone's wondering... still 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 0 nitrate. 10 g tank, one betta, 2 ghost shrimp, 038402983409283409289042 snails (not really, haha... I commit a small-scale snail massacre everyday, multiple times a day... SO MUCH SNAIL POO ON THE BOTTOM OF MY TANK... seriously like a quarter of an inch layer).
Which brings me to another question... can there be TOO MUCH snail poo in a NPT? Rofl.
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SUMMARY, because I like to blab unnecessary info:
-Can kH be too high? If so, is 16 too high?
-Can there be too much snail poo in a NPT? Should I vacuum some of this quarter inch layer up?
GH is way too low (1-2... the first drop was between colors), as I knew it would be, since my parents' water is as soft as it can possibly go (I've added some fertilizer in the past, been a loooong time, so that's probably why it's in between 1 and 2, because the tap water is seriously 0)... the tap water in my apartment at college is 9 for GH, which I am THRILLED about, so I'll be doing some water changes to get that up... I also want the water to be a tiny bit more... clear. It's seriously brown with tannins, lol, which Sky probably likes, but I want it to be a bit more presentable. eeee Excited for my plants. When I drained the tank into gallon jugs to move, it looked like jugs of tea. XD
BUT my KH is 16 in the tank! Can it be too high?! Tap water here is 3 for KH, which as far as I know is too low... so it might balance out a bit with the water changes to get GH up. Should I be worried, though? I'm not sure if it's possible for KH to be too high.
pH was 8.4. To be honest, I RARELY check it, but I'll check it later today and make sure it's stable. Every time I've ever checked pH (which is once every like 3 months) it's been around 8.2 - 8.6, though.
And, in case anyone's wondering... still 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 0 nitrate. 10 g tank, one betta, 2 ghost shrimp, 038402983409283409289042 snails (not really, haha... I commit a small-scale snail massacre everyday, multiple times a day... SO MUCH SNAIL POO ON THE BOTTOM OF MY TANK... seriously like a quarter of an inch layer).
Which brings me to another question... can there be TOO MUCH snail poo in a NPT? Rofl.
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SUMMARY, because I like to blab unnecessary info:
-Can kH be too high? If so, is 16 too high?
-Can there be too much snail poo in a NPT? Should I vacuum some of this quarter inch layer up?