Thank you for this series!! I do understand things a little better now.

Awesome videos, well done!!

To this date still best (useful info / blabbering) video on the internet regarding this subject. Thank you. Here, have a subscriber.

This is by far the best explanation I've seen yet. I do this all the time and still have trouble understanding what I'm doing. Now I know! This should be seen more

Very nicely explained ... Like it

You always have the best, most helpful videos. Thank you so much!

@dmichaelsfishden

5 жыл бұрын

My pleasure 😀 And thanks for the kind words, Kendra! Glad the videos are helpful!

Excellent information.

Thx , great way of explaining terms

Wow an actual video that knows what its talking about

@dmichaelsfishden

4 жыл бұрын

Brandon - thanks for the kind words and thank you for watching! Hope it was helpful to you!

@thechosen1161

3 жыл бұрын

Literally just said the same thing, an actually helpful video on the subject lol.

Excellent series of videos, especially for absolute beginners like me.

@dmichaelsfishden

5 жыл бұрын

Stuart - very glad they were helpful! Thank you for watching!

Answers finally thank you

Best explanation I’ve seen so far on kh. Well done. Well done it cleared up every question I have on that topic. Looking forward to your GH analysis.

@dmichaelsfishden

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the very kind words Jon! Really appreciate it, glad it was helpful, and thanks for watching! Working on the GH videos so stay tuned! 👍

@billrough7704

2 жыл бұрын

@@dmichaelsfishden Why are you avoiding GH what a RABBLE on KH

LOVED the KH Series Mike...…...a truly vital aquarium foundation stone :)

@dmichaelsfishden

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Colin! Hopefully it will be helpful to folks...absolutely a foundation, no question...one of those things I wish got a little more attention in the hobby like it's very popular brother pH 😉 Hope all is well my friend and be in touch soon!

@AussieAquatic

5 жыл бұрын

@@dmichaelsfishden I had kept an aquarium for about 3 years before I found out about KH and why it was important. I found out about the German Aquarium company Dupla. Have you heard of them?

Changed from sand to active substrate in my tank and my PH drop at 6, KH at 2 so i'll do a water change and add the alkaline buffer. Thanks !

Hi. Your videos are very informative and has helped me understand a lot about fish keeping. I have a 20 gallon planted aquarium. There are some guppies, 3 neon tetras, 5 nerite snails, 3hillstream loaches and 5 ottocinculus. Below are my water parameters Ammonia-0 GH-6 KH-between 0~4 PH-7.5 Nitrite-0.5 Nitrate-2 My question is how to increase my KH without affecting the PH. Hope to hear from you

Very keen for the GH one. This is the first video that actually explained KH in a way I can understand and now have a much better idea of why my shrimps are not doing great. Looks like a trip to the shops first thing tomorrow

@dmichaelsfishden

4 жыл бұрын

ludeitz - thank you for the kind words, and so glad the video was helpful! It's the way I have to conceptualize it to understand it. Hope the trip goes well at the shops and good luck! Thanks for checking out the video! 👍

@ethancollins0309

4 жыл бұрын

If u don’t mind me asking was your KH high or low and what was the reading I keep shrimp also

Wow thank you!!

First time Im using alot of wood and plants....my PH plummets even after water changes, so added a small bag of crush coral.....not only will it buffer PH but will take my KH out of the 0 range....better to use one product than powders and other things when its available in one natural product. I have a couple of Nerite snails and need the PH to go to at least 7.0, preferably a little higher. I love figuring out how one dot connects to the other and value every life I become a steward of. No fish yet as I want to settle things with my snail situation, so their shells remain strong and they could enjoy their new home.

My PH is reading the lowest possible on the test strip and my KH reading the highest possible on the test strip... I’m so confused how that happened

thanks for video.

@dmichaelsfishden

5 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

Gone through all your three parts of Kh . I am in the process of setting up a 150 gallon discus tank. My tap water ( primarily borewell water dependent in my locality) is very hard ( Gh ) of over 600 tds level. The Ph level is also high of above 8. So understandably the Kh is also high. RO is mandatory. So how do i maintain the 50 ppm or 3dkh for the discus tank?

Insta-subbed. THANK YOU

Great video on this finally! So how long do you wait when you put the crushed coral in the filter to test and add more or take away if needed. Also does cuttlebone have any effect on KH or GH at all? Thank you

@dmichaelsfishden

4 жыл бұрын

So sorry for the late reply here. Thanks for the kind words! Yes, cuttlebone will work but just make sure it is plain cuttlebone....nothing colored or with added nutrients to it. Regarding the crushed coral, you should see a change (spike) within 24 hours. After that, I would test for another few days to see if the spike continues and/or levels out, then add more or take away as needed.

To get a 75 gallon to around 4 from 2 how much crushed coral

My tetra test 6in1 strip shows i have 0d kg, 0d gh and lower than 6.4 ph. May it be wrong? I have a lot of driftwood in my aquarium and some lavarock. Another test strip shows alcalinity 0, hardness 25, lead 20-50. Ph test strip shows 6 - 6,5

Brilliant. Clear and concise. I’m fishlessly cycling a new tank with ammonia. I blended two bottled waters (tap is nightmare here) to give Ph 7.4 GH 6 KH 7. But after a few days PH is 8.2 and KH 1. I’ve added sodium bicarbonate to hopefully raise KH I’m guessing bacteria are using the carbonate in the KH but don’t understand why PH is up when KH is down.

@connorthepom

2 жыл бұрын

Any luck with that because I’ve got the same problem

@robingettman2979

11 ай бұрын

im having the same problem in my shrimp planted tank.

Katharine Sisk 0 seconds ago I want to maintain a small planted aquascape (around 3 gal). The plants have done amazing but as soon as I added snails I started realizing my PH was VERY unstable. The water is coming from our water company with an unpredictable PH (usually 7.6 - 8.2) and very low GH or KH which doesn't match what the video is telling me. So, I figure it is artifically elevated at the water plant. That makes the water PH VERY unstable. Not sure how to address this. I have added crushed coral to the tank but water changes actually cuase problems instead of helping with KH/PH/GH. I am just not sure how to address the issue except to let the water age on the counter until it find's it's PH (usually 6.0) and address the KH to get it back to the 7.0 - 7.8 before adding it to the tank. I'm just not sure how to get the tank PH stable first and keep it stable with water changes. Thanks for any help you can give me.

My kh is 10 ppm but my water is super hard as I’ve added lots of calcium, I’m going to use seachem alkaline

My PH is around 6 to 6.5 with adding CO2 and KH is just

Wat is the pH supposed to be for glofish tropical fish cuz mines is at 7 and idk if its supposed to be lower or higher

So I have very high water and it sounds like I need acid buffer… But it says on the label that it will reduce the pH when used with an alkaline buffer so I don’t understand… I’m supposed to use both?

My tap water KH is about 3 drops, GH is 5 drops, my tank is about the same, I have a 10gal tank with 1 Betta, 2 java ferns, 2 anubias and 0 ammonia & nitrites and about 10 nitrates. My pH is about used to be 6.8, I used seache alakalina buffer to raise it to 7.4ish, what can I do to just raise the KH? Thanks!

So my tap water has a kh of 18 degrees. But a ph of 7.5. i really only want a very small reduction of ph, but a huge reduction of kh. So what do i do?

What if you want to lower you ph but you have a low kh I want to lower my ph a bit from 7.5 to 6.5 and my kh is at 4 dkh and my gh is at 3

Can I use potassium carbonate instead of sodium carbonate?

Before a water change my KH was 3-6 with four drops after a water change about 60 percent it went to three drops and GH also went from 8 to 5-6 drops and I have a variety of fish don’t know if it’s appropriate for all of them. Think my molly died because of the low GH :( at first she kept gasping for air at the top even though there was enough oxygen and water chemistry was good ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 20, then she did the shimmy thing, towards the end I noticed she kept staying in one place not swimming around like usual then she died :( there were no signs of disease on her body either. I couldn’t treat her as I didn’t know what was wrong with her. I do 50 percent water change every week and try my best to look after them much as I could. It just puts you off from keeping fish. After they all die I ain’t getting anymore I’m done

Hi is there’s any Vedio about Gh?

I don't even want to raise my pH, I just need a higher KH because mines basically rock bottom and that's from my tap. I feel like it needs to be higher just to protect from pH swings and I do have a couple of plants that im trying to make work but they dont seem to want to root or do very well even with adequate fertilizer, maybe because my substrate is pool sand i dont know. according to my test strips after a water change like evena week later before my next water change KH still reads above 0 and below 40 on my chart. I think they calculate it in ppm?

So I have elevated levels of KH but PH is good, well water. So I want to bring down the KH without dropping the PH. How bad is it to have elevated KH?

I love your 3 part KH series , can you post an link to your GH . Hopefully you can explain the Bermuda triangle between all three Ph,KH & GH I see you got two ends of the triangle explain👍 (Ph & KH) Hopefully when you come back from Bermuda you have all the answers ( GH Series)

@dmichaelsfishden

5 жыл бұрын

Lol - yep, two ends of the triangle so far...I don't have a series on GH yet, but I'm planning one soon - starting to put it together. Glad you enjoyed the series on kH! I may do one that includes the Bermuda Triangle all together after that...pH, kH, gH - Working on it! Thanks for watching the video!

have a fancy tail goldfish. My PH is 7.8 and KH is 3. How do I raise the KH without raising the PH

My problem with raplacing kh with tap water is that my tap water’s gh is very high, I thought having a high gh meant high kh so I was doing water changes with ro di water to lower my gh, turns out my gh is good but my kh is super low now. This sucks cause most things that raise kh also raise gh, I hope my aquarium survives until I get Seachem alkaline

Thanks. Best video I have seen. Having major issues with kh being high. Going to try use the acid buffer to reduce down. Currently at 11. Not sure what is causing this. Tap water is at 5 so it's something in my tank. Going to see if relaxing the gravel to something else will help. It may be that I have gravel that increases kh but bough it so long ago i cannot be certain. Can ornaments cause increases in kh?

@dmichaelsfishden

4 жыл бұрын

Thats really nice of you to say. What ornaments are you using?

@crocman841

4 жыл бұрын

@@dmichaelsfishden real rock, plastic ones to mimic rock, plants. All stuff bought from a aquarium shop

@crocman841

4 жыл бұрын

I am going to another shop today to get some more plants. Hopefully it's going to make a difference.

I'm confused, I thought that KH was just used to buffer the PH of the water, and that GH was so they could osmoregulate? Why would the fish need to have a set KH??

Thank you so much for this! I did a water test today, and everything was spot on until I reached my KH :/ I'm gonna give the distilled water trick and do small partial water changes with distilled water Edit: quick question, I have a 10 gallon tank, and I do partial water changes periodically with fish (tetras) still inside as I don't have enough room for another tank, would it be safe if I were to slowly introduce distilled water by maybe a cup each water change until I reach a good KH level?

@dmichaelsfishden

4 жыл бұрын

Andrew - perfectly safe yes. As with many things in the hobby, the slower the better. Do it gradually and keep testing the water along the way. You just don’t want to do anything too quickly....👍

Hello. I loved the video much easier to understand, I do have question for you my pH is 7 what would my kh be?, I haven't got any live plants no buffers or anything like that my water comes out the tap with the reading of ph7. If the tanks PH is 7 would the KH always be the same? Without any buffers, live plants etc...

@dmichaelsfishden

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Superb - thank you for the kind words! While pH and kH are tied together in certain ways, the kH isn't always the same as the pH. When kH moves, pH will also move with it, but they don't always move exactly proportional - it depends on how acidic the water is. The best way to know what the kH level is would be to buy the API GH/KH kit. You can also buy just the kH kit on its own. By using the kit, you'll have a really good idea what your kH is. Does that help a little? You can find API's kH/gH kit or just the kH kit on Amazon - most local fish stores have them as well 😀

@superbguineas5141

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks.🙂

thanks...

@dmichaelsfishden

4 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

My tanks tested 3 weeks in a row exactly the same Nitrate - 0 Nitrite - 0 PH - 6.5 KH - 0-40 GH - 120 Can anyone give me advice? Is this fine or do I need to raise KH immediately?

thank you for these videos!!! i now know a little more about whats going on in my tank... question... dose it mater which we increase, if we need to raise the ph up and the kH can we buy PH up or do we need to buy something that just says KH up and do we need yo worry about adding equal parts of both PH up and KH up? MY kh is at 0 im starting with a new tank i added a little aquarium salt and almond leaves to get ready for a Betta but im having trouble... my PH is reading the lightest color pail yellow on API test strips so it may well be lower then readable.... i know test strips arent accurate and im going to buy drops

@dmichaelsfishden

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Aquarius - thanks for checking out the video and my pleasure! My apologies as this might be a long answer, but I wanted to help as much as I could: We want to start by thinking about pH first as that's most important, because fish need stable pH to live healthy, and we want to be at an acceptable pH range :) Have you measured your pH out of the tap to know what that is? I would definitely try with the drops, as you are right, they are most accurate. Remember, most tropical fish will adapt (if acclimated correctly) to whatever your pH is (except discus, african cichlids, etc..fish that are on the extreme end), so after testing with the drops, if your pH is 6.8 - 7.8, as an example, most fish may be able to adapt, Bettas included....So we first want to know what pH we need to be at - whatever will be most beneficial to our fish. These days, for convenience, and because I have so many tanks, I tend to only keep fish that like my particular pH, but I certainly used to move it to accommodate other fish in the past. The thing with pH and kH - in order to move pH up or down, we first need to move the kH, but if your kH is 0, we can only go up from here :) Where hobbyists run into trouble is using pH up or down, and just put this in the tank without first moving the kH. In this situation, the pH up or down will work for a short period of time, then it reverts back to where it was causing a pH swing, which is toxic to fish. pH up and down work, but the change is only stable and more permanent when we move the kH FIRST. After we move the kH, then we can safely move the pH. Are you adding plants to your tank at all? Because this is a brand new tank, some of the readings may be off a little. I would try to get the tank cycled a little first - you can just throw some fish food in the tank and add some beneficial bacteria like Fluval Biological Enhancer. The food will rot, create ammonia, giving your beneficial bacteria something to feed on so they multiply...once you start seeing some brown algae, you are pretty well cycled....Once it is, I would take the kH and pH measurements again and see where you are at - If you need to raise kH, you can start adding some crushed coral, use Seachem's Alkaline buffer, etc...to slowly start raising it. After you raise the kH up, you can keep testing it and the tank's pH to get to the level you need - after raising the kH, you can also then use the pH up or down. Hope that helps a little? Sorry for the long answer and the novel I wrote...lol

@SeventhGate008

3 жыл бұрын

@@dmichaelsfishden idk if this was helpful for them but it DEFINITELY was for me!! Thank you for answering this question in such detail I feel more confident with how I am approaching my tank

I am learning more about testing my water. This was a good video series for KH. I am using API test strips. My GH is 120 and my KH is almost 30. My PH is 7.0. My fish seem to be very healthy. Looking at the chart I am seeing my KH should be around 40 - 80 for most of the fish I have. I change 30 percent of my water weekly. I am thinking of using one of the additives you mentioned to raise my KH a little, but afraid it will effect my PH from what I understand on you KH overviews. Do I have the right thoughts to rise my KH?

@dmichaelsfishden

3 жыл бұрын

HI Jeff - Thanks for the kind words on the video! Keep in mind the chart are broad recommendations. Everyone's water is a little different. Personally, if it was me, and your fish are very healthy, I would fix it if it isn't broken. Keep monitoring it, but if it is working for you, keep working it. 👍If you don't need to chase kH levels, don't feel like you have to - sometimes chasing the kH level can throw other things off. If your kH was in really bad shape, that would be another story, but it sounds like you are doing everything very well right now.

@jeffcarpenter6306

3 жыл бұрын

@@dmichaelsfishden Thank you for getting back to me.

Hey! Good video. I tested my tap water with JBL-strips.. and it has supposedly 0 KH. If that is correct, water change is not going to make a positive difference :(

@dmichaelsfishden

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words Nic! Unfortunately, the water change may not. Have you tested the KH if your water? Are you using well water or tab water? If there isn’t any KH in your water, you may have to use the other methods to bring the KH up a bit.

@Nico-dd1oh

3 жыл бұрын

@@dmichaelsfishden Thanks for replying still to your video! As i wrote -- the tap water itself has 0 KH. I put in some coral and it did the job :D

Tks man. It's helps a lot. Did you already use acid and alkaline buffer together to get a specific ph? Doing this to get a ph 6.5 the kh will be at 0 or 3?

@dmichaelsfishden

5 жыл бұрын

Frederico - Glad the video was helpful! In the past I never used them together...I was either goin up or goin down...But I can say the easiest way I moved kH, and it was always just slightly, was with the buffers...especially the alkaline with the calculator on the website. I moved down once and a little acid buffer goes a long way, so I moved that slowly. But yep, you are absolutely right - if you are looking for a pH of 6.5 or so, you'll need to get your kH down (I believe you are right on...around 2 - 3) first. Remember, though, you want a little kH so don't let it get to 0 - this can cause further pH drops or swings. This is the most consistent, safest way to do it - people will sometimes use pH up or pH down products, and they will move pH, but it is temporary and will always shoot back up or down because they hadn't moved the kH first - and these swings can be toxic to fish. The only consistent, safe way to move pH is slowly and by moving the kH first, allowing the pH to move. Hope that helps! Also, remember....this takes some practice and trial and error...everyone's tank is different, so for awhile you may have to test kH every day or so and really monitor what's best for your tank - The buffers are great to use, and after a little practice and testing, you'll know whats needed to get a specific pH - just go slower than faster! 👍

@fredmomentoone

5 жыл бұрын

@@dmichaelsfishden Tks a lot man.

@dmichaelsfishden

5 жыл бұрын

My pleasure, Frederico!

Awesome video Thanks for sharing FishFam NJAE19

@dmichaelsfishden

5 жыл бұрын

My pleasure V. Stag! Thanks for the kind words, and keep up YOUR great work on the channel! 👍

sorryfor my english, so i want to keep caridina shrimp (they need 5.5-6ph,4-6gh,0kh) my water is 6.5ph,5gh,5kh i dont really care with the ph because ill use ada amazonia my gh5 is still acceptable but the kh is 5. for filtration im using biosponge filter that produces a lot of o2 and it will reduce co2(if im not mistaken) and my plants are only moss. if acid buffer turn the kh to be co2 .will it be fine for my aquarium (10 gallons) ? since moss dont need lot of co2 :/ or i just go with the leaves instead ? lol sorry , broken english . hope you understand

@dmichaelsfishden

4 жыл бұрын

No worries! Your english is great! You are right, moss doesn't need a lot of CO2. You can try the leaves first and see how that works. Shrimp also love the leaves and will eat them as a snack. If it was me, I'd try the leaves first, since they are also very shrimp friendly. If that doesn't work, though, you may need to use the acid buffer. If you do use the acid buffer, I would make sure to follow the instructions on Seachem's website:www.seachem.com/acid-buffer.php The acid buffer will turn the kH into CO2, which is essentially how it lowers the kH. Hope that helps a little?

All my levels were good except the KH was 0 and apparently that can be deadly for tropical fish? How can I raise just my KH? I don’t want it to effect anything else.

@dmichaelsfishden

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Yulma - yes, it can be you are absolutely right. It's not the kH itself at 0 that can be deadly, it is the pH swings that can occur from not having any kH as a buffer in the tank. pH swings can be very toxic and potentially deadly for tropical fish. Have you tested the water out of your tap? Or are you using well water maybe? What is the tank pH right now? I don't know of any way to raise kH without also raising pH to a certain extent, but this may be ok depending on where your pH level is. If it isn't super high right now, your fish can likely take a gradual rise in pH if it is slow (remember they can't take big, sudden swings). I do know some people have had success raising kH without raising pH by using a combination of Seachems Alkaline and Acid Buffers. But it is quite a bit of monitoring and work. If you don't want to go to that level of work, you could try the crushed coral first. I would add it slowly then monitor pH and kH once you start adding it. As with many things in the hobby, slow and steady is far better than quick and immediate. If you don't want to do the crushed coral, you could use Seachem's Alkaline buffer, and I would take advantage of the calculator on their website. This will make sure you are adding just enough to get to the right levels. Does that help a little bit for the moment?

can you use acid buffer and alkaline buffer at the same time? one to lower ph and the other to rise a bit the KH? mainly for the plants cheers

@dmichaelsfishden

3 жыл бұрын

Luigi - you can, but I've heard it is awfully tough to keep the balance. And you may always need to chase that balance. Doesn't mean it wouldn't work, it just will be a lot of work. If you decide to try it, I would go slow and steady and test the water quite a bit as you go

@whyluigi

3 жыл бұрын

@@dmichaelsfishden I do agree at some point due they seem to cancel each other due that's in the case meant to do, I been just dosing Alkaline Buffer and no more Acid, and everything its doing great and I noticed a lot of the algae started to fade away. I just guess it was due to the low KH when I tested my tanks showed from 20-40 ppm been 40 after water changes meaning, for the most part, was at 20 or so. let me know what you think about it? I may need to add details, okay my PH is 7 for most of the tanks due my tap is 7, but in planted with CO2 they are at 6.8 but had timed when it droped to 6.5 and my fish started going funny so right away tested the water to find out the KH low at 20 ppm and that was the first time I had so low KH, I'm new in town so when I tested the tap water before starting my tanks and it was at 100-120 ppm of KH and for most of the time 120-160 ppm of GH, but when the KH started dropping and I wasn't able to keep it up with just water changes my plants started to losing health. I will say two days after I dose Alkaline Buffer and 1/2 dose of Acid they seem much better, but due a deeper analyze on both Buffers it made sense that they would cancel each other due one adds KH and the other uses it to create CO2, one rises PH and the other lowers it, so I was just dosing as to not let the PH rise but like you mention it would be a waste so that's why I'm just using Alkaline. Can I ask due I don't use RO/DI water, what KH/HG does it come out? I mean does it really come out at 0 (cero) and how much of what buffers do you use? to have proper KH GH I'll appreciate it very much! and just to say overall the goal is to ease the PH curve due to CO2 injection. but so far seems to be doing ok. after I started dosing the Alkaline B. it smoothes it out. Cheers and many thanks for the reply.

doesnt the fishes suffer, if i replaced 50% water which had KH = 8 with RO+tapWater mix which will have KH = 3. so the result in tank will be something like 5,5 KH + - .. very fast

@dmichaelsfishden

4 жыл бұрын

Stanislav - great question. From what I understand, sudden swings in KH directly effect osmotic pressure and how the fish's gills function - the ability to pass water across their cell membranes. So as with many things in the aquarium, slow increases up or down are usually the safest bet. Please keep in mind though, I don't have any personal experience in my tanks with big kH swings - I've only spoken with other hobbyists and friends of mine about it, but they all seem to have the same consensus that you want to try to avoid large kH swings...hope that helps a little!

So my kh is at 2 and I wanna get it to a 4-4.5, because I started out with a ph of 7.4 and it’s dropped to 6.8. My question is for the Seachem alkaline buffer, is that used on its own or do I need the acid buffer too???

@dmichaelsfishden

4 жыл бұрын

Scrambledgoose - so sorry for the late reply here. Catching up on a lot of comments. The alkaline buffer, used on its own, will raise the kH (I would make sure to use the calculator on Seachem's website.www.seachem.com/calculators.php You'll always raise pH slightly when raising kH, but it looks like a small pH increase here is ok. The only time I've ever seen both the alkaline and acid buffer used together is when people are trying to raise the kH without raising the pH, but it is very hard to do and takes constant attention. But simply to bring the kH up, the alkaline buffer will do the trick 👍

@Gooseygoose14

4 жыл бұрын

dmichaels fish den thank you so much for the reply!!!

@dmichaelsfishden

4 жыл бұрын

ScrambledGoose my pleasure! Sorry it was so late!

can you use coral asa media er like noodles?

@dmichaelsfishden

4 жыл бұрын

Borgie - you can use crushed coral, absolutely. You can add that to the bottom of the tank or in a little net bag and put it into your filter...

Great video! But... if your ph is... let’s say... 7.6 but your KH drops to 2 and you need to raise your KH without messing with your ph for the fish you intend to keep, how would you do that? (Water changes didn’t help with my situation btw, and everything you mentioned that I have tried raised my ph).

@dmichaelsfishden

5 жыл бұрын

Jacqueline - It may be that is where your water's kH wants to be. If your kH is 2, that's perfectly fine...we just don't want 0 kH. However, it might be that your balance is kH 2, pH 7.6. Everyone's water is a little different. Remember, usually when we try to begin raising kH we are doing that so we can raise pH. So your pH is always going to move a little when you work with you kH. For me, in the past, when kH has been stubborn, crushed coral and Alkaline buffers worked the best...I just had to add enough crushed coral to find the right amount - I added it slow, a little at a time until I got the desired kH (At the time I wanted to raise it to raise my pH a bit). I had to add quite a bit of crushed coral to do the trick. That being said, one other reminder is with our fish in mind, we always want to have that pH in the back of our mind. Whatever pH is right for your fish, that's where we want to be, and as long as the pH is staying nice and stable (the most important thing) our kH is doing it's job 👍 For some of us that may be higher than for others. Some of us have a good amount of kH right out of our tap water, and in those cases, kH will be higher in the tank, etc...Hope that helps a little? just remember, if the pH is stable and ok, your tank has nice buffering capacity, which is your buddy, kH 😀

@Seuk_Seuk

5 жыл бұрын

dmichaels fish den my tap also has a KH 4 but everything else is really high. I opted for spring water since the ph and nitrate levels were much lower and I can get away with using gallon jugs because my tank is only 6 gallons. I’m just glad my ph is stable. I know that fish can adapt to ph but I don’t want them to just tolerate it. I want them to thrive. This includes plants. It’s also why I wanted to raise my KH a little and if I could raise it to a degree or two higher without raising the ph much, then that would be ideal. How much do you think my ph would rise to if I were to raise my KH to around 2 degrees from what it is now by using something like NilocG ReKHarb ?

@dmichaelsfishden

5 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more and you are absolutely right! 👍 I've never used NilocG's ReKHarb, BUT it is NilocG, so I would absolutely trust it. It's really hard to guess what type of pH rise you might get once you bring the kH up, especially since I don't have any experience with ReKHarb, but what I can recommend is that go slower with it as opposed to faster. Try to make numerous, small incremental changes and really monitor and test the water. Eventually, you'll know exactly what amount to use. If one pump per gallon raises kH 2.8 degrees, maybe try a half a pump first, then monitor pH, etc...Colin's at NilocG's customer service is also excellent, so you can always email him to ask, since I know he does a lot of experimentation when he develops his products - if you do, please let me know what he says! 😀

@Seuk_Seuk

5 жыл бұрын

dmichaels fish den I can comment on their customer service but it won’t be a good one only because I sent an email to both email addresses listed in their website to no avail. It’s been a week already and still have no response. I think I’m going to wait it out and see what happens with this KH situation after I get this cycle back on track. It’s the nitrogen cycle from hell. Then again, I wouldn’t want to risk experimenting with my permanent tank resident once I finally get this tank established so maybe I should try the ReKHarb with the danios and see what happens... what would you suggest?

@dmichaelsfishden

5 жыл бұрын

@@Seuk_Seuk oh no! Really? Maybe Colin is out of town? Did you try colin@nilocg.com? I usually get a response in a few days....I would definitely wait until the cycle is back on track. Hang in there - sometimes cycling goes super smooth, other times it takes a little while. I think it's a great idea to try to ReKHarb with the danios first. Danios are some of the hardiest fish out there, hands down. If any fish can make it through some experimentation, its danios 👍 I would do the same - you are right on

Do u have clip for ph?

@dmichaelsfishden

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Borgie - a video for pH? Not yet, but it is definitely on the list! I have that in the que behind several others, so I expect those to come out in a few months...stay tuned!

Can’t you just use baking soda to raise KH?

@dmichaelsfishden

4 жыл бұрын

Travis - you certainly can, absolutely. But - I would add it slowly, because your pH can rise along with it. As with many other things in the hobby, slow and methodical is always safer than faster. You may want to start with something as small as 1/8 of a teaspoon per 5 - 10 gallons. Just make sure it isn't baking powder, but baking soda. Also - I would pre-dissolve the baking soda in some tank water or dechlorinated tap water, then slowly pour it over the surface of the water, away from the fish as best you can - but it will definitely bring your kH up...

My tapwater KH is 14 😳 I need it to be 6..

@sharmai

3 жыл бұрын

Hey I have the same issue high kh mine is 15. What did you do to fix yours?

@beans8578

3 жыл бұрын

@@sharmai try doing combining your tap water with RO water. It’s KH is 0, so if you use about half of each your KH should be about 7ish

@sharmai

3 жыл бұрын

@@beans8578 Thanks! That's actually what I was thinking of doing but was still thinking about it. If I want to grow a beautiful Shrimp tank I have to get my kH down though so RODI it is

What is the purpose of the annoying noise that you put in background to your video ? 😈😠😈