EI Dosing and GH
- Thread starter stevefarmer
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Hi
My apologies for not replying for months, things have been very hectic!
I have discovered what the TDS issue is, and I feel pretty stupid TBH, I watched YouTube video which suggested minimal gravel cleaning was best for planted tanks. I have always done deep gravel cleaning in the past, and switched back to that a couple of weeks ago and Hey presto the TDS is dropping! See attached weekley record of tank parms. I tested today and it was 1040, so I have definitely found the problem!
Substrate is aqua one black gravel.
Regards
Steve
My apologies for not replying for months, things have been very hectic!
I have discovered what the TDS issue is, and I feel pretty stupid TBH, I watched YouTube video which suggested minimal gravel cleaning was best for planted tanks. I have always done deep gravel cleaning in the past, and switched back to that a couple of weeks ago and Hey presto the TDS is dropping! See attached weekley record of tank parms. I tested today and it was 1040, so I have definitely found the problem!
Substrate is aqua one black gravel.
Regards
Steve
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My TDS out of the tap here is 30 and in the tank (after a 95% water change) is 60-70ppm… GH and KH out of the tap is 1 and <1.
Very good water.
Can you post the water parameters (ph, kh, gh, tds, no3 and po4) right out of the tap in your home?
I may suggest you a faster approach…
And what are the fertilizers you are using right now? (all the product and the maintenance schedule, weekly and daily)
Thanks @stevefarmer