Hello People,
i am Leo, from Austria, Europe. Just startet up a 60X45X60 (cm) Palu. Ok so far, i am very pleased with the setup. The only problem that occurs is the water. It is unusable for submerged plants and animals. I made the back and one side wall with xaxim. The xaxim is watered with a little pump. There is a piece of wood (root) as well in there. I am filling up the water part with normal water, medium hard. after about a couple of hours the water turns very soft. I can manage the conductivity and the pH. the carbonate hardness is still about zero and after giving hardening salt or fresh water it only helps for a couple of hours then the same story again (trying for about one week now).
Does anyone know if the xaxim turns the water soft? I guess so, does ist settle after a while?
Here a Picture of the setup.
Greetings
i am Leo, from Austria, Europe. Just startet up a 60X45X60 (cm) Palu. Ok so far, i am very pleased with the setup. The only problem that occurs is the water. It is unusable for submerged plants and animals. I made the back and one side wall with xaxim. The xaxim is watered with a little pump. There is a piece of wood (root) as well in there. I am filling up the water part with normal water, medium hard. after about a couple of hours the water turns very soft. I can manage the conductivity and the pH. the carbonate hardness is still about zero and after giving hardening salt or fresh water it only helps for a couple of hours then the same story again (trying for about one week now).
Does anyone know if the xaxim turns the water soft? I guess so, does ist settle after a while?
Here a Picture of the setup.
Greetings