[Water parameter troubles]

Ya I’m going to get some distilled and make sure the tests are right. As for the ph, I know it’s high and I adjust it. I’ve got ph pretty well set at around 7 in my tanks. It’s the gh and kh I’m still having trouble with. Thanks for the help

[Water parameter troubles]

I can’t even tell what the numbers are lol. Because the tests never change color. I’ll get some distilled and try that though. That’s not a bad idea

[Water parameter troubles]

I thought it was super soft because my snails shells fall apart and when I tried to keep shrimp none of them could molt 

[Water parameter troubles]

Someone please help lol. I have the api master test kit and a gh and kh test. All liquid solutions. I’m trying to figure out what’s going on with my well water. Currently, out of the faucet my tests show ph- around 9, when I test gh, I put 2 drops in and it immediately goes green. Never shows orange. And for kh it only shows blue. I can put 30 drops in and it never changes to yellow. All the bottles say they still have 4 years before they expire. I don’t understand my results or if api is just junk? 

[Over stock question]

I plan on starting a new 75g tank in the coming months and want other people’s opinions to make sure I’m not over stocking because I haven’t done a tank this big before. I plan on using much more filtration than is rated for 75g to keep a good bio filter, and it will be a fairly heavily planted tank. 
 

I plan on 6 fancy goldfish, like ryukin or pearlscales, maybe a dozen shrimp, a few bamboo shrimp, and if bioload allows it maybe some mystery snails. Any opinions are welcome and appreciated