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Old 06-19-2006, 12:21 PM   #24 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Robert Hudson
It is much more common for people to have hard to very hard water out of the tap than soft water.
Hi Robert,
Where are the most beautiful planted aquariums? From Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia to Japan. Why? One of the reasons is they enjoy very low KH and GH of 0 to 1 degree.

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So would you not agree if you have fairly hard water and are not adding anything to change the KH, then you can get a pretty accurate reading using a KH/pH chart right?
Looks like no one is really sure.

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You must not have any snails either. Shrimp, snails, need high levels of calcium
Yes I have snails. KH and Ca are not related. You can have zero KH and 15 ppm Ca (2 degrees GH) and still have nice snails. Or if you like, zero KH and 30 ppm Ca (4 degrees GH).


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