balancing water parameters

  1. T

    High GH and low PH? Any fix?

    Hey yall, Currently trying to figure out a predicament i have. My tap water is very hard where I live (Im aware GH and PH are not exactly correlated as far as i know). I have a 10 Gallon Planted tank, 6 ember tetras a female betta and 6 neocaridina shrimp. They all behvae normally and eat and...
  2. L

    Indian almond leaves and nitrite

    I added an Indian almond leaf into my 29g yesterday after a water change. My pH was 7.6 and it has dropped to about 7.4 now. I tested the water parameters this morning and everything else is 0 but nitrite has risen to 0.25ppm. Could the Indian almond leaf be the cause of that, and if so, will it...
  3. quinnARIUM

    How to make my tap water safe?

    Right now my tap water has the water parameters: Total hardness (GH): 25 Nitrate: 0 Nitrite: 0 Cl: 0.5 Carbonate (KH): 15 pH: 6.4 And my tank: Total hardness (GH): 50 Nitrate: 0 Nitrite: 0 Cl: 0 Carbonate (KH): 20 pH: 6.4 As you can see I have very acidic water that isn't to chlorinated. In my...
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