Plants generally don't care about water hardness, you need to look elsewhere for your issues, as it's not water hardness.
Hi ian. Im aware of the theory, but Im yet to see a nice tank with a kh of 18/19.
Ive read most of those threads, but will still go through them. Remember its not just hard water, its the hardest you can get from the tap.
Yes cegs tank is 15 kh, so he has proven it can be done, but my question is as follows.
Here is my question to ceg:
Hi ceg and evryone else. Sorry to open up this thread again. My water has a KH18/19 due to underwater limestone aquifers. Do you think plants like Althernanthera Reinecki are doing poorly due to this?
I can see some tanks that just use a crappy diffuser and yet get awsome plant growth whilst I have an inline atomizer, great flow, and a constant ph drop of 1 unit during photoperiod, yet I see this problem. I will run a simple test and add some ro water and see how plants respond.
Is there a slight chance ceg that you are overdosing to the point that you can get away with very hard water. You might be eliminating any precipitation of nutrients this way.
Also how come most great aquascapes/tanks are done with very soft water? Do people just like ro water work?
I understand that you are just saying that its possible, but then again, is it easier with softer water?
http://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/hard-water-and-phosphate-troubles-help-please.18155/
Sorry for the overtake Frenchi.
