Seachem Equilibrium?

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Mindcrime121

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Seachem Equilibrium RO Water Conditioner
for Freshwater Planted Aquariums


Is this stuff a good product or a waste of money? Stumbled across it on the Dr.s Foster and Smith website. My tanks run 6.8 Ph, and about 180 Kh with a Gh of around 100. Are these numbers good to go, or do I need to adjust them at all? Aside from these 3 factors is there anything I should add or avoid (if I can test for it or know it's there of course) for good health of my plants, fish, or inverts? For example, I know copper must be avoided, though I have no test kit for it, which is one reason I use RO water, on top of the fact that my tap here has high nitrates straight from the pipe. I think I've been using perhaps 20% tap or less mixed with the RO water I buy for water changes. Everything is growing fine as things stand, but if using this instead of mixing tap would improve on things I'm open to trying it.
 

Slappy*McFish

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Waste of money. Plants need nitrate, anyway, so I wouldn't even worry about it. What are your nitrate levels in tank?
 

avionics30

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you use nearly the exact same tap/RO mix that I do. I do not add anything other than some prime an dplant ferts 3 time a week. You should be fine. I believe that stuff is made for pure RO water. I havn't had any issues over the years with my tap/RO mix, so I leave well enough alone. Final word, waste of money.
 

Mindcrime121

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I'm floating between 15 and 20 ppm average on nitrate. Thanks for the unanimous opinion. :)
 
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