Ok, I finally got a gh/kh test kit. Here are my numbers as of this morning.
pH: 8.3
Amonia: 0
Nitirite: 0
Nitrate: 20
GH: ??
KH: 179 ppm
Not sure about the GH. The test (Aquar Pharm) says the first drop should turn orange, mine just stays clear. It never turns orange, but finally turns dark green after about 8 drops. It says clear at one drop then gradually darkens to green.
As I mentioned before, I do have a whole house water softener so I didn't expect it to be high. I test from the outside spigot, not through the softener and it turned real orange...took 14 drops to get it green, over 215 ppm. Which didn't surpise me since our FL water is very hard.
Advice or issues these numbers may have?
