Julia Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 Hi, my softened water is testing at 18 degrees KH 3 degrees GH 8.0-8.2 PH the 20 gall has shrimp and plants and all are doing wonderfully and reproducing like crazy. Its a happy forest. the 40 gall has 2 one year old common goldfish ( someone w a pond will take them when they are bigger my kid won them at a fair with his grandma). In this tank simple vallisneria is at a standstill and algae is a bother. The crypt is covered in algae and the fish understandably constantly try to uproot it. I can accept their goldfishness. Both have been running for 6-12 months. i learned years ago to add kent marine calcium so that the shrimp could molt properly. Question is can I add seachem equilibrium to fix GH issue? Unsoftened water would be 14 degrees KH and 23 degrees Gh. i can bypass the softened water but i would need to run a long hose and the water would be freezing and its would be like a 30 gallon ordeal and ugh. Just no. Please no. There must be a ton of people who had this issue so i thought ide finally ask.. leave it alone? seachem equilibrium? Thought? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 On 2/26/2022 at 12:23 PM, Julia said: shrimp and plants and all are doing wonderfully and reproducing like crazy. Its a happy forest. This is goal. You are at goal. I personally would do nothing. I tend to not fix what’s not broken just because I think it might be better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julia Posted February 27, 2022 Author Share Posted February 27, 2022 Thanks for responding. And yes. Lol you have a good point. I just worry about the 40 which is a semi wasteland with stunted plants and algae. I forgot that i had purchase womdershells that i was gonna put in after i got the hardness test kit. So i put those in. I do tend to get bogged down in overthinking though so thank you for wake up call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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