Low KH. Pls advice

[zephyros]

Hi pals,

My KH had drop to 6.7 .... a mistake on my side as I had

not measure it for a while

I've noticed it when 1 of my plate and a yuma starts to look

stress for no reason. Then take out test kit to measure

For the past 3 days, I'm been using Kent Pro Buffer dKH

as instructed (10ml to 40gallon) per day. I have not seen

any immediate result yet, as in the KH is still at 6+ as of

last night.

Is this the right thing to do? Pls advice.

cheers

[Kelmen]

buffing up chemical need time. You mostly will see the small difference after 1 month.

KH low shouldn't affect much your livestocks, unless your pH swing very high.

[weileong]

kH 6.7 looks fine and is close to NSW.

What's the kH you're targetting?

[zephyros]

i wanna bring it back to 8+, as in NSW 8-8.2

now yuma mouth open wide wide ... and plate tentacles cannot stand

[zephyros]

pH is ok .. not swinging .. LS all ok ... besides the 1 plate and 1 yuma ...

[Kelmen]

I dunno KH is needed by any livestock. I only aware its kind of "safe-guard" to prevent high pH swing.

Also chk your calcium and magnesium, maybe you overdose calcium, or low in magensium, having an ionic imbalance.

extensive water chg should help in these chemical problem at some extend.

GL

[zephyros]

good .. KH had went up to 7

question, shld i continue with my routine kalk drip?

[YzF]

You should check your Ca level b4dosing kalk again. Kalk increase both Ca and KH.

Maybe your calcium is at 500ppm and your kh at 7. Dosing kalk will increase both. Which is not what you wan as Ca is already very high. Instead you should dose stuffs to increase the KH only.

[zephyros]

thanks bros, will take note ... and dun worry, the yuma i've gotten

from u is fine everyday also open big big