Noidstradamus
New Member
Hello. I'm fairly new to fishkeeping (6-7 months) and I've been trying to educate myself on water chemistry. There is something very perplexing to me about our tap water in our home in upstate NY. When I use an API GH/KH test kit on our tap water, I get very high GH readings (22 dGH) and very low KH readings (2 dKH). Our tap water is also right at about 7.0-7.2 pH. Is this something that anyone else has experienced? I don't know how to balance these things out without bumping the pH too high. Ideally I'd like to see 4-5 GH/KH and keep our pH neutral. is this possible?