I will start with a water test kit. I live in central OK and my property has well water. It tastes great but I had not thought of testing it first. Thats why I wanted to ask knowledgable people many questions before starting. Looking forward to hearing from a lot of members.
Setting up a new 125 gal planted. Looking for some advice.
Hi,
I,m new to your forum and looking for advice. I am going to purchase a 125 gal tank. I would like it to end up heavily planted with a large number of small schooling fish. I have been away from the hobby for a long time but I have had many tanks over the years. Both fresh and salt. This is my first attempt at a project like the one above and I would like to buy only quality equipment. Hope you might have a minute to respond.
I,m new to your forum and looking for advice. I am going to purchase a 125 gal tank. I would like it to end up heavily planted with a large number of small schooling fish. I have been away from the hobby for a long time but I have had many tanks over the years. Both fresh and salt. This is my first attempt at a project like the one above and I would like to buy only quality equipment. Hope you might have a minute to respond.
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I'm not even sure what kind of test kit I need? Any suggestions?I will start with a water test kit. I live in central OK and my property has well water. It tastes great but I had not thought of testing it first. Thats why I wanted to ask knowledgable people many questions before starting. Looking forward to hearing from a lot of members.
One of the test kits were on sale. Thanks for the heads up. I will post again when I have the test results.
Byron, Where can I find the series you wrote? Sounds interesting. I dont have a municipal water company, my house is on a private well.
The test kit I ordered should be here today. I will post the results this weekend.
I have tested the water from my tap. I used an Aquarium Pharmaceuticals test kit and performed each test 3 times. My results are as follows.
KH: needed 24 drops, this translates to more than 400 ppm.
GH: needed only 1 drop, this translates to 0-25 ppm.
As I said earlier I am looking to set up a heavily planted and populated 125 gallon aquarium.
Any advice on how I should treat my water?
KH: needed 24 drops, this translates to more than 400 ppm.
GH: needed only 1 drop, this translates to 0-25 ppm.
As I said earlier I am looking to set up a heavily planted and populated 125 gallon aquarium.
Any advice on how I should treat my water?
I should mention I am on well water with a water softener.
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