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(Seems like a “well, duh” question…) I monitor the water chemistry religiously; test the pH (7.1-7.15) at least twice a week with a meter (calibrated every few weeks), do reagent-based nitrate tests (never above 20ppm) twice a week, and ammonia and nitrite tests (both 0.0) every time we’ve added livestock (but we’re at max population density now, so those will go to once a month unless something looks awry). We change 14+ gallons every week (we make 25 gallons at a time in a dedicated trash can), and with my new phosphate-free regimen the pH is 7.05 to 7.1, but the new-water kH is zero. I bring the tap pH down to just acidic with hydrochloric acid, and balance it back to neutral with sodium bicarbonate – fairly easy to achi

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