Science 🧪 with Dan. 😬👍🏻

Man I swear you are like a little voice in my head that answers all my ignorance. I keep saying "Told Ya" this water hardness stuff is confusing if our water isn't the average tap water. Everything you are doing lately seems to fit in with all my difficulties. People just don't understand how good they have it if their tap water is ok for fish. Thank yiu Sir

This aspect of the hobby has been an ongoing interest of mine, glad to see you do some little experiments with it!

This is the video I needed. I’m in Philly and my tap water is like a 6.4-6.6 PH, 40ppm KH, over 200ppm GH. I have always assumed a higher PH with hard water. All videos out there are hard water with high PH. I was confused at my lower PH readings. I seem to be fighting😮 a dropping KH issue from breakdown in my tanks and the water already being low in KH from the tap. Thank you for this post. Sorta answered many questions for me in one video.

Really enjoy these water chemistry videos. Am always learning. BTW, congratulations on 🎊🎉🎈🎉🎈 (28K Subscribers)🎊🎉🎈🎉🎈🎉. Your channel always offers something interesting & informative for the everyday fish keeper. Good video. 👍📺😎

@DanHiteshew-oneandonly

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Extremely important subject, and very helpful. I'm actually having troubles with my water since adding a water softener. I messed up my tanks in October and have been trying to get them back to normal. Thank you.

@DanHiteshew-oneandonly

3 жыл бұрын

Water softeners add so many more layers of complication.

I was wondering why some youtube videos were saying that 7- 10 dgh was average but I had tested dgh of 20 or around 350 ppm, and a ph of 6.2. All the while my Tiger Barbs, Opaline Gourami and Cory Catfish are doing very well.

@DanHiteshew-oneandonly

Жыл бұрын

You can have hard water with low pH. And TDS isn't a proper way to test hardness. Hardness is a measurement of the calcium and magnesium in your water, while TDS tells the total number of all dissolved solids whether they impact hardness or not. It is the KH that affects your pH, not the GH.

If you have soft well water why have a water softener??

@DanHiteshew-oneandonly

3 жыл бұрын

It neutralizes the water so it isn't acidic in my appliances.

@wellbuster4979

3 жыл бұрын

@@DanHiteshew-oneandonly I did not think of that. Wells around here are hard, drilled in limestone or Canadian Shield.

Can fish live in that calmag solution?

@DanHiteshew-oneandonly

3 жыл бұрын

I doubt the tiny amount I put in the tank will mater, but I have no idea about larger doses. amzn.to/2PfAhHH

@T.J-and-Soul

3 жыл бұрын

@@DanHiteshew-oneandonly I can't open these links? Don't know why.

@DanHiteshew-oneandonly

3 жыл бұрын

@@T.J-and-Soul Probably not available there or something. That was an Amazon link. This is a link to the actual product I use. (remember this isn't for my aquarium, I just used it to demonstrate hardness with low pH) www.blueplanetnutrients.com/cal-mag-liquid/48-calmag

@T.J-and-Soul

3 жыл бұрын

@@DanHiteshew-oneandonly yep just experimental I know

Do you have well or something?

@DanHiteshew-oneandonly

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I have well water.

@justcallmemax4222

3 жыл бұрын

@@DanHiteshew-oneandonly I do too, i like Kent marine R/O right it adds some minerals to the water but doesn't increase the ph, I use it for my German blue rams.