Water Testing – And Not Just The Water In The Aquarium

There is an area which I belive at lot of aquarists either do not know they need to do or in some case forget to do.

Aquarists should test the water in the aquarium on a regular basis to ensure that everything is correct and stability is mainteined, however there is another area which needs to be tested periodically.

The water which you have in the aquarium comes from a water source, for the sake of this post I will presume a reverse osmosis unit. Water changes are performed where the ro water is mixed with salt and then added to the aquarium.

However is the water you are mixing with salt ok? [Read more]

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