DaveWatkin
Member
Hey guys,
My water is very soft out the tap (2-3 Gh 0-1Kh) so my method for w/c has always been to have a big barrel in my shed filled and pre-treated with Equilibrium and Alkaline Buffer to approx 6Gh/6Kh and then I take a 30litre barrel out for w/c as needed.
The problem is I will be losing the space for the big storage for the foreseeable and so will be performing w/cs direct from the tap into the 30litre barrel each time. I don't want this barrel hanging round full of water while treat it so I am thinking of just putting tap directly (dechlorinated of course) into the tanks and then adjusting the tanks as I have seen various people do on youtube. However, how do the livestock cope with this fluctuation in water parameters, even if it's just for a short time?
I have a 60l and a 90l tanks which each get 30l change once a week, so the 6Gh/6Kh tanks will be diluted with 2Gh/1Kh water and then topped back up to the usual levels, I predict a couple points drop in both during the period of the water going in and me adding the powders and them mixing.
What are the thoughts on this?
Side note, thinking of dropping the Kh to 4 to better suit my Rasboras.
My water is very soft out the tap (2-3 Gh 0-1Kh) so my method for w/c has always been to have a big barrel in my shed filled and pre-treated with Equilibrium and Alkaline Buffer to approx 6Gh/6Kh and then I take a 30litre barrel out for w/c as needed.
The problem is I will be losing the space for the big storage for the foreseeable and so will be performing w/cs direct from the tap into the 30litre barrel each time. I don't want this barrel hanging round full of water while treat it so I am thinking of just putting tap directly (dechlorinated of course) into the tanks and then adjusting the tanks as I have seen various people do on youtube. However, how do the livestock cope with this fluctuation in water parameters, even if it's just for a short time?
I have a 60l and a 90l tanks which each get 30l change once a week, so the 6Gh/6Kh tanks will be diluted with 2Gh/1Kh water and then topped back up to the usual levels, I predict a couple points drop in both during the period of the water going in and me adding the powders and them mixing.
What are the thoughts on this?
Side note, thinking of dropping the Kh to 4 to better suit my Rasboras.