GH / KH Help....

[Doc4PC2]

Hi,

 I have the API Gh / KH kit, and I see other people that have Crystal Red Shrimp say that I want a

 

GH of 4 - 8, and a KH of 04 for CRS

 

I don't know how you are getting this reading or GH 4 - 8? Is that the number of drops to achieve the color?

 

Same with KH, is the number of drops I use to achieve the right color in the test what I am looking for.

 

The test shows It took 6 drops to turn from orange to Green on GH

and 3 drops to go from blue to yellow on KH.

 

Is my Gh / KH alright then for CRS?

 

Because I don't understand how or what you are reading to get the range you are talking. There is no

4-8 range or 0 - 3 range on the test except the number of drops.

 

Then it says, if my GH took 6 drops, my ppm GH /KH  is 107.4

                     if my KH took 3 drops,  my ppm GH /KH is 53.7

 

Either way I have no idea if I have the right water conditions for CRS when it comes to GH / KH

[Soothing Shrimp]

That's just a range you are reading in print.

 

GH 4-8 means a GH of 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8

 

In your case you are: 6 GH, 3 KH because that is the number of drops it took to change your colors.

[Doc4PC2]

Okay, but when everyone says, they have a GH range of 4 to 8, does that mean,

they are getting 4 to 8 drops, and not some other reading? 

 

so when some says they have a GH of 6, and I  say I have a GH of 6 drops, is that the same thing?

 

Thanks!

[Soothing Shrimp]

"so when some says they have a GH of 6, and I  say I have a GH of 6 drops, is that the same thing?"

 

Yepper.  Same thing.  By using drops we are actually using German degrees instead of ppm. This is actually dGH.

 

If someone like me says they keep a range of between 6-9 GH for my neos, they usually have more than one tank where 6 is on the low end and 9 is on the high end.

 

Make sense?

[Doc4PC2]

yes, Thank you!