Aquarium pH, GH, and KH for BEGINNERS

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0:00 Why aquarium water chemistry matters
0:59 Overview of pH
3:40 Overview of KH
6:12 Overview of GH
8:50 How to raise or lower pH, KH, and GH
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@AquariumCoop 4 года назад

*Want to know why we didn't mention TDS meters in this video? Watch this video from Cory: **ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mXGnf1gr5Pg.html*

@nochillkowa9493 3 года назад

Why can’t all the videos I’m watching be like this? Nuggets of information that actually matter, structured, and no unnecessary ads. Thanks aquarium coop

@bones1026 2 года назад

you should watch her channel, every video is like this! its girl talks fish

@angelpineda7646 Год назад

Alot of experience fish ppl or how ever theyre called try to give you lectures about everything. Not everyone was born knowing everything about aquariums appreciate videos like this one

@Nightxday0 Год назад

@@angelpineda7646 its ppm not ppl

@nihilisticrogue1048 Год назад

@@bones1026 Agreed! I've been in the hobby for years and still watch her (and the other aquarium co-op) videos a lot. So much information that is beyond helpful.

@k-shop210 Год назад

They have mastered fish, the RU-vid algorithm, and most importantly building relationships! They think of their audience, and the rest flows.

@heyitsnovabound 4 года назад

I finally understand kh and gh. So many unexplained shrimp deaths are now explained. I was told at the lfs i had "hard water" when i told them I'm on well water, but i was confused because i had to buy water softener. It also explains why the gH kit didnt go from orange to green, and was just a very very light green after 1 drop...and why veteran plants look poopy after being in my tank for so long. Thannnnnnk youuuuuuuuu

@GirlTalksFish 4 года назад

So glad you found it helpful!

@nikkihays2971 3 года назад

I have the same results when I test with the kit too. Water changing tint after one drop. My snails are really struggling with their shell development. What did you do to raise the levels?

@heyitsnovabound 3 года назад

@@nikkihays2971 i started buying wonder shells on the regular as i read they raise hardness. Crushed coral also dissolves slowly and increases water hardness

@kidwolf0015 3 года назад

Oof... Home wellwater softeners can sometimes replace some calcium with sodium. I deal with that somewhat, so I probably should get a calcium test... just to get an idea of how much calcium is still actually calcium.

@MidnightGeekSS 4 года назад

I love these videos Irene, you always put information in a very simple way. thanks!

@GirlTalksFish 4 года назад

My pleasure! Thanks for watching. :)

@Slayyyter_bitxh 3 года назад

@@GirlTalksFish so adding crushed coral raises kh?

@skabizzibel8666 2 года назад

Am I the only one that had no clue what to do

@Funny-rw1mc 2 года назад

I cannot thank you guys enough for this beginners guide videos you bring to us, these videos have helped me towards successfully keeping my first aquarium without having any fish dying because I got correct water parameters from following these vids.

@n_e_y_o 2 года назад

You're the only one that actually showed how to use the tests. Thanks a lot, my GH is 1! I was confused cause the test instantly turned green.

@chipdesormeaux7009 3 года назад

I really enjoyed this. I got the info I was looking for, and you have a great presence on the camera and your voice is well modulated. Thank you!!

@marypaigeflynn4512 3 года назад

Best explanation and tutorial around! Right now I don't keep anything too difficult... kind of like you explained in the beginning, but I have gotten into planted tanks! So far so good with everything...but, as I grow in my hobby these are the kind of things I'm learning so I can do a little more specialty fish keeping eventually! Always thanks Irene for the time you take making your videos. I hope you have a wonderful day! 🙏🤗🌿🐟🌿

@johnsolis3613 4 года назад

Irene, you're killing it with these videos. Keep up the great work.

@GirlTalksFish 4 года назад

Awww, thank you so much for the encouragement!

@DroneOn 4 года назад

The transitions, overlays and clear audio make your videos very watchable. Thank you for linking your article.

@fragile880 4 года назад

I've needed this a long time and I keep everything from shrimp and guppies to a reef tank. And still didn't know some of this. Thanks aquarium co-op helping all parts of the hobby!

@GirlTalksFish 4 года назад

Yay, I'm glad this helped!

@kerrypitt9789 2 года назад

This is one of your best instructional videos on a confusing subject. Your work is often involved, this one is well done and I appreciate your work, especially here!

@claudiafotiou7546 4 года назад

Irene is so incredibly informative, truly. This was an excellent video, would love to see more like this! : )

@TheOrdinaryGamertag 4 года назад

Love that Irene is getting more involved over here! Great video!

@soupbonep Месяц назад

Once again Irene kills it with a great video with helpful information! Thanks Irene! I just moved across my state and have different water parameters and needed to refresh my knowledge on these three.

@inman8583 4 года назад

Thank you Irene for explaining these tests. This video has really helped me understand what pH, GH and KH are and how I can monitor levels. I am new to keeping Aquarium fish and this video and your other videos have helped me become more aware of doing the right things for my fish. Thanks again!

@chillausmc 4 года назад

Bravo! Where have you been this whole time? Darn RU-vid finally suggests this video... Thank you for content, it will save many lives.

@GirlTalksFish 4 года назад

😁

@ArchangelHornet Год назад

this is all i need. so informative, thank you!!!!

@FG-hw5ep 3 года назад

Irene, you do an amazing job at explaining these details in a way that is very easy for newcomers to understand. Thanks!

@TaciGrant 2 года назад

I enjoy a lot of Irene’s videos, but this is by far the best one!!!!!!!! 🙏 Thank you very much, sweetie!

@FrederickDunn 2 года назад

Hands down, this is my favorite aquarium and aqua-culture channel. Thank you for the excellent and helpful tips that are expertly presented. Well done in every respect.

@jasonkaminski6230 2 года назад

Best video I’ve found talking about this topic! - especially the conversion to ppm (which is how my test strips measure) Thanks!!

@Telkana806 4 года назад

Great video! Always heard to measure these, but never really understood what they should be and what to do with the rest results.

@baikia777 4 года назад

Whuaaat?? A Gamer's Wife with the co-op now?? I thought youtube was glitching when i saw her in the co-op thumbnail. I haven't watched fish keeping channels for a few months now so this is really surprising.

@GirlTalksFish 4 года назад

Hehe, I started working for Aquarium Co-Op last year, but just recently started making videos for this channel. Enjoy!

@CantonmentBoy 4 года назад

I love you 😍, oh and your videos too! Seriously good info, easily explained. 😬

@teaforthree1 3 года назад

Irene is a great presenter and I love the way she gets on with it.

@XusernamegoeshereX 3 года назад

Thank you! This stuff has been driving me crazy trying to figure out. You explained it so well

@nicholasdiezmckenna9972 3 года назад

Another essential video. Love your videos, great to see you on Aquarium Co-Op too!

@PaulGreeve 4 года назад

Irene, thanks. Learning about all this can be daunting for beginners like me. It's too easy to misinterpret the readings and panic. I was intrigued to see you get the same colours for pH tests that I've been getting. I was worried it was to high. It's great to hear your advice and know I can be much more comfortable that my fish should be fine (which they are).

@GirlTalksFish 4 года назад

My pleasure! Yeah, at first I was so confused about having high pH with soft water, but I've learned to cope with it. :)

@prabinghimire3234 2 года назад

I had to pause the video while i was half way through because i couldn't continue without subscribing and hitting the like. Amazing work,perfect instructional video,LOVED IT

@oliviafrazier4186 2 года назад

Thank you so much for this video! I’m getting Betta and I’ve been doing so much research and all the videos and articles I’ve read mention these but never explain. This helped so much, thank you

@gabrieldemiguel9380 3 года назад

Oh My God! I have been looking for how to use API's GH & KH kit for weeks. This video has never shown up in any search. I just now found it by accident 😄. Thank you so much!

@michelletoni3067 Год назад

Great videos every time, I come here, I am never disappointed, thank you 🙏

@pabloabarca30 3 года назад

Love this video. I just received my GH and KH api kit test today!

@AncientAviator 3 года назад

Great video Irene! I learned a LOT. Again. Greatly appreciated!

@galaxynovaa 2 года назад

Thank you so much. I had just placed my wonder shell in my aquarium I purchased from aquarium co-op and watched this video and knew I was on the right track! My snails, shrimp, fish, and plants thank you

@JenniferKoochofPhotography 2 года назад

Another great video Irene ❤️🐠🐟

@ashurgeorge4604 4 года назад

This video helped me, I'm going through the whole gh kh ph debacle right now with my planted aquarium. This deserves a follow up video of how to dose acid and alkaline buffers to get the PH GH KH you need for your planted aquarium~!

@gracefulpassages 2 года назад

Love 💘 the simple and plain language to understand all the water parameters..so glad I 😊 watched 👀 this video, because I'm a beginner and love my underwater world of plants 🪴 and fish 🐟 ❤ 😀 Thank you!!!

@TBizzell68 3 года назад

Thanks! This video eases my mind, when I first started my aquarium the ph was 8 maybe a shade higher. I kept adding ph lowering solution and didn’t get much of a change at all, the next morning it would nearly the same. Then I did a kh and gh test and found my water to be 140 gh and 240 kh. I’m in the process of doing 20% changes every other day with RO water. I’m on a well and I just want to lower it slightly. Mine is a 40 gallon community tank with tetra and some corydora.

@lorinabroda3317 4 года назад

Thank you for a wonderfully informative video while keeping it easy to understand. This has been a topic I have been struggling with, but not anymore. Thank you.

@jfnovella 2 года назад

That was such a helpful video: organized, informative, clear, well presented, and interesting. I live in San Francisco, and our water comes from Hetchy Hetchy Reservoir in Yosemite NP. As a recently learned through my fish keeping here, our water is very soft, and has an extremely low KH. My plants seem to be thriving here, but I am concerned about the PH crash that you mentioned. The two snails that I purchased after my fish tank completed it's cycling both died after two weeks. I also lost one molly. My other molly has been thriving for over a month, and all of my other fish seem to be healthy too. I recently added rainbow fish, and the store owner told me that I might want to add some SEAchem chemicals to avoid a ph crash. He told me that rainbows do better in higher ph water. I did some research and found your video, so today I ordered some crushed coral from Aquarium Co op that I will be adding to my filter. I hope that this raises my kh a bit, but I don't want to change things too much, since all of my plants and other fish seem to be doing very well. Suggestions?

@TurboT1292 3 года назад

Always enjoy you videos, so helpful and to the point!

@williamwood4779 3 года назад

Thanks, great info and delivery!

@gbC4mpos 4 года назад

Wow, Irene, you’re great! Thanks!

@lewishowel1902 3 года назад

That was really helpful! I'm gonna be testing and getting my water right for the fishes and plants 😀

@noelbrucker135 3 года назад

Watched this a few weeks ago, but I wanted to pop back and let you know how helpful this was to me. After years of keeping fish but unsuccessful live bearer keeping despite crushed coral (& 4 months of unsuccessful guppy breeding - what?), this video finally convinced me to attack my GH/KH with the appropriate test kit and Equilibrium. Turns out my tap GH is

@kathydoro1527 4 года назад

That was awesome. Thank you. Loved how you wrote it down for us and showed us some charts.

@brfinger 4 года назад

Keep up the great work! Your stuff is always awesome.

@seanbenstead7650 4 месяца назад

We are new to keeping an aquarium and have found this tutorial fantastic , why can't everyone explain things in such an easy way so new comers understand absolutely brilliant video many thanks

@crazyplantlady2587 3 года назад

I absolutely love your videos, you are straight to the point and have helped me alot! Thank you! 😄

@noelbrucker135 4 года назад

My tip for the test strips (other than the one about cutting in half :) My colors/printing on the label was always wearing off or getting wet. I open up the label to the chart you want, then seal/cover it open with clear packaging tape. Keeps me from fumbling with it with one hand and keeps it from wearing off. Great video as always, Irene, from a fellow Coloradan :)

@GirlTalksFish 4 года назад

Ooo, good tip!

@nitelife0420 Год назад

Wow! That was so informative and to the point! Thank you so much for this video, it was truly helpful in understanding those perimeters.

@kellygast Год назад

Irene, you are an outstanding teacher. Every time. Just wanted to give you a shout-out.

@oliverwain1158 8 месяцев назад

I absolutely love your idea of cutting the strips in half! Will be using this thank uou

@allysonshrewsberry5603 Год назад

My girl is out here doing the lord's work 🙌

@sadoxell5462 11 месяцев назад

I live this channel so much. Thank you for all the information and being the best type of teachers! Love you

@debpahlau3062 21 день назад

Your videos are always so well done in presenting info we need.

@thyallseeingeye 2 года назад

Irene’s my favorite & I’m hella stoked very time you make a video, gorgeous 🤗 thank you so so much x

@linkinruss 3 года назад

This is such a good video. Simple and straight to the point. Has helped a lot!

@comment.highlighted 4 года назад

Thank you. That was very helpful 🙂

@highstar9260 3 года назад

This is the most helpful video in this subject I have found THANK YOU!

@rubalu6014 3 года назад

I love the idea about cutting them in half wow, and im glad you mention you use both kits as I do have both since figured to have a backup to verify results and for the hardness would help.

@Foxxyginger 4 месяца назад

I really appreciate your videos. I could cry in frustration.

@nathanaelsmith3553 4 года назад

One mistake I've made withe the Master API Test kit is neglecting to rinse the test tube and cap thoroughly enough between tests. The pH tests seem particularly sensitive to the other chemicals in the same kit, so if you don't rinse thoroughly before using it you'll get bizarre results. The cap has a kind of groove in it so I now always make sure to rinse that recess out thoroughly.

@GirlTalksFish 4 года назад

Very true! Thanks for the tip.

@himlolo Год назад

Drop tests are usually innacurate anyways

@benagain8036 3 года назад

You made that so straightforward and easy to understand! Thank you.

@mr.kevinmario1148 2 года назад

Helpful infographics and video. Thanks!

@lyndaspangler9654 Год назад

You are such an excellent teacher of information. Thank you! Your common sense, your direct info, your real world experiences...U.U.U. are simply appreciated for your excellence. ✌🏼🙏🏼🖖🏼🌞🐠

@chrisinky3 4 года назад

As always, great video!

@billwatkins1041 2 года назад

Well done. Got my test kit today.

@cristobalhernanadezalvarez6210 4 года назад

Love the video and love the way you explain the things!!

@sekharly 4 года назад

Really great video Irene!

@rae_ray8944 3 года назад

This is a great vid. One aquarium group online told me to not worry about my super low gh/kh water, there's nothing I can really do about it. Not true at all, Thanks Co-Op

@Alemucho1 2 года назад

Thank you!!!! Perfect explanation!!!!

@ModestMang 4 года назад

Very well edited! Very informational! Very Nice!

@shanebasye5958 Год назад

Very helpful, thank you!

@ThinkerTinker74 2 года назад

Found out late last year I've been living with ADHD all my life. I appreciate shorter videos like this one. I may have mentioned it a while ago. I understand Gh and Kh much better. This is the third time I watch this video 📹 . THX

@JuanDiegoPinillos Год назад

Thank you for all the info, it really really helps a lot when trying to understand all of this

@bigfishcb 2 года назад

Awesome explanation! Subscribed. My fishes lives are now in your hands.

@Cbtrainnut Год назад

Excellent video Irene! Thank you so much!

@EGlasofer 3 года назад

Great video very informative!

@RAZOR12334 4 года назад

Thanks for the detailed info.

@lisaishii6829 4 года назад

Thank you for your help and easy to understand H2O property explanations.

@theresadowns891 4 года назад

I love your videos!! Thank you very much you explain things so I understand it and give me Solutions that I can do

@dimevans9543 3 года назад

Crystal Clear! Thanks.

@kenk8215 3 года назад

So much great info. Thanks for making this video!

@HeRo-qd6tk 4 года назад

Very useful info. Well done Miss!

@jg7589 3 года назад

You've given me sooo much information!!! Thanks so very much

@hsingh2k Год назад

So helpful!

@dylankate6424 2 года назад

Terrific video! I have the kit, never used it. I’m a newbie. Very helpful 👍

@_lucid_one 4 года назад

KH and GH has been my last topic to tackle for my water, thanks for explaining this!

@RPBaseball_14 2 года назад

I literally have the same problem in my 29 gallon and every plant I put in there even my water wisteria would die. After testing recently I found that my ph was very very high and my hardness was at 0 ppm, even though I occasionally fertilize the tank. Thanks for literally making my life easier lol

@abarnswell 2 года назад

Really useful video!!

@rangrage 3 года назад

As a beginner this has been the most informative video. Thanks for the demonstrations as well.

@aquariumanalytic754 4 года назад

Thanks you Irene and the team at aquarium co-op just what I need about to start a blue dream shrimp tank.

@jesusbalestena4072 2 года назад

Great Video, thank you !!!

@bern585 4 года назад

thank you soo much for this awesome video, think I'm going to get some of the tetra test strips. the way you explain is so helpful and satisfying, thanks

@GirlTalksFish 4 года назад

My pleasure! Glad it helped.