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Well it has been some time since last post again, this time i will blame it on the aquarium which has been leaking and i have been a bit tied up with that.

I was on a quick trip to Ireland for work purpose, when i arrived there my wife called me and sounded totally devastated “I have had a though time since you left home, the aquarium is leaking, the neighbors has been here and helped me to lower the water level and now the leak is ok”

Well i could not do to much from Ireland but when i came home i had to deal with it. I have been cleaning the glass and frames for a week now.
The fish and plants is moved to the bathtub, I hope the plants will survive.

Today i have glued i together again and i will finish it up on Sunday.

Now when i have a stable CO2 level and found out that it probably was the snails who used the carbonate by taking up calcium carbonate i begun wondering if i also could have a problem with missing Ca, I have had problems with deformed and stunning growth for a long while and maybe it could be due to missing / instable Ca level, I will put in 20ppm Ca between water changes for a couple of weeks and se what happens.

Otherwise the growth has been better since i raised the kh-level and got a stable CO2 level.

It seems like my KH boost is working ok, the Co2 level is ok during the week and the bubbles are extensive during the week as well.
DefDac has an idea about my Malaysian snails using calcium carbonate for their shells which also would lower the KH level, i don’t know how that works but it sounds like a possible thing, any comments?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium_carbonate

“It is a common substance found as rock in all parts of the world, and is the main component of shells of marine organisms and snails.”

I have been adjusting the KH level to find an OK level for my aquarium and have now found that it works quite well if i raise the level by 3 degrees, the change in percent is not that large when i raise the level and the CO2 level is more constant as i use a pH controller.

I still wonder where the carbonates goes, last week it went from 2.5 to 4, any ideas?

I will post some pictures later this week.