Onoma1
Member
Having spent my chemistry lessons at the back of the class I am struggling to understand how to evaluate the quality of my water to understand what people on the forum mean when they say high or low. I wondered if anyone could provide a link to a baseline or advice.
The four levels are:
Magnesium 4.66 mg Mg/l
Manganese <4.48
Iron <37.1
Calcium 9.42
In particular I am interested in understanding whether or not I need to increase my magnesium and iron levels and wether or not they relatively high or low. Equally is tge calcium level enough for shrimp or do I need to add cuttlefish.
I think that the levels in my (soft) tap water are already in the reasonably high range and that frequent water changes with a general fertilizer should maintain them.
The unusual interest in this area was spurred on by a desire to grow buce successfully.
The four levels are:
Magnesium 4.66 mg Mg/l
Manganese <4.48
Iron <37.1
Calcium 9.42
In particular I am interested in understanding whether or not I need to increase my magnesium and iron levels and wether or not they relatively high or low. Equally is tge calcium level enough for shrimp or do I need to add cuttlefish.
I think that the levels in my (soft) tap water are already in the reasonably high range and that frequent water changes with a general fertilizer should maintain them.
The unusual interest in this area was spurred on by a desire to grow buce successfully.