Re: [AGA-Member] To much K in the water

["Terry Barber" <terbarb@alltel.net>]

Carbon will not remove potassium (K) - the only way to do that is with water
changes.

Terry
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Nickeydundee@aol.com>
To: <aga-member@thekrib.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 9:47 PM
Subject: [AGA-Member] To much K in the water


> Hello ALL,
>         Thank you for responding to  some of my questions about RO water.
A
> new problem has just happened to me and  it is dealing with adding KNO3 to
my
> tank. I am trying to get a better N reading  and have been adding KNO3
powder
> and guess I over did it somewhat. I was adding  it to the tank for about
three
> or four days now a little bit at a time and  then testing daily to get the
> nitrate level and it was reading a zero so  add some more right. But,
today
> noticed some ick or maybe some lymph  outbreak on my discus so tested the
K levels
> of the water and the were above  three ppm or higher. From my readings I
> thought that high levels would be ok and  not have a negative impact on
fish but I
> know now that it  does. My one discus is up at the top hurting because of
the
> high levels of  K so put a lot of carbon into the tank to pull the K out
of
> the water  hopefully it will be ok and the discus will make it. So, I have
> learned first  hand not to have to high of a K level in a tank with fish
in it.
> But, begs  the question, what else can I use to bring up the nitrate
level???
> _______________________________________________
> AGA-Member mailing list
> AGA-Member@thekrib.com
> http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-member
>

_______________________________________________
AGA-Member mailing list
AGA-Member@thekrib.com
http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-member