Recently began adding Mg and Ca and it seems to help, also raises GH a few points. If I find that GH had dropped a bit after a few days, does this mean that the plants are using up Mg and Ca, and I should add more?
Thanks.
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Do Plants Consume GH?
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Plants do consume both. They consume great amounts of Mg than Ca. You can see this my monitoring the levels of GH and KH, and comparing how they fall over a given period. The GH will fall at a great rate than the KH.
Edit: that is, all other things being equal.
Well, many substrates and driftwood can drop KH. Plants utilize calcium, but more as a trace. It's not a big problem for KH to drop, but know that if it's dropping several degrees in a week, it's because of something else, not the plants. It's not really a big deal. Soft water is good for most plants and SA and Asian fish (where are both very popular in planted tanks).
