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After months of headaches with high KH in my 24 gallon with Eco-Complete, I called Carib Sea to figure out what was going on, and received some top-notch customer service. They informed me of a bad batch of Eco, and promptly shipped me some replacement bags. I left the bad stuff in the 24, and instead set up a high tech 5.5 gallon (press. CO2, high light, EI) with the new substrate. The new Eco immediately bumped the KH up 5°. I didn't worry, as I thought some water changes would help bring it down. which brings me to today...
After 4 months of weekly 50% water changes, the KH is now 8. (!) My KH/GH is 1° or less from the tap.
This was supposed to be my "do it right, grow hard stuff" tank. It is currently my "pull my hair out, curse Carib Sea, watch Toninas melt" tank.
My question: Is there any way to lower my KH, short of tearing it down and start over using ADA AquaSoil?
Sorry for being long-winded, but I thought others should know at least some replacement Eco-Complete is still junk that will buffer the daylights out of your water. Hopefully, this is an isolated incident. :frusty:
After 4 months of weekly 50% water changes, the KH is now 8. (!) My KH/GH is 1° or less from the tap.
This was supposed to be my "do it right, grow hard stuff" tank. It is currently my "pull my hair out, curse Carib Sea, watch Toninas melt" tank.
My question: Is there any way to lower my KH, short of tearing it down and start over using ADA AquaSoil?
Sorry for being long-winded, but I thought others should know at least some replacement Eco-Complete is still junk that will buffer the daylights out of your water. Hopefully, this is an isolated incident. :frusty: