An indicator of calcium/calcium carbonate can be found by making ice from unfiltered tap water in your freezer. Put a few cubes in a clear glass, and let the ice melt. Then stir it up. If you see white particles floating in the water, that'll be calcium carbonate. The effect is like a snow globe using London tap water!

Thank you so much Alex!! And yes I'm still here just made me in the background a little bit!! These videos really help so much especially when you're a budget fish keeper just trying to do the best you can ✨🌿🐟🌿💪💥🤍

Aquatic photography is hard [full stop] You lucky guy, your Angels work overtime to present the best show of their coloration and iridescence to make you look good...even at the expense of the main topic.😂👍

I love this part of our hobby. Thank you for the information, now i gotta go stare at leaves for a few hours...

My canary in the coal mine is cardinal tetra, they're color change is day and night.

I learned so much off you thanks you're the best man

Great video, I just saw the API test kit at the store has doubled in price since I bought it a year ago. Definitely will use these hacks when I run out of the test kit

Awesome info! Thanks Matey❤️🇦🇺

Incredible! you are such a scholar Have a great day! your videos always improve my days 🦑

Nice video! I have some yellowing on an anubias and this helps. Also, my aquarium smells like earthy dirt so all good I guess!

Loving your channel…great in-depth info…hello from Toronto Canada…❤

Very informative video so helpful for everyone

I have been on a water perimeter marathon on your channel. I have a question. When I am testing my water with test kits, what are the ideal perimeters? All I have figured out is that nitrates should never be higher than 40ppm for thriving fish. I also have a pH of 8 in my area. I have added Indian almond leaves and there is wood that is supposed to act a lot like the leafs, but I cannot remember the name. Regardless, in five months with three aquariums, I have not seen the pH go down. Do you think that's a big deal? I have bettas, ghost shrimp, all kinds of plants and snails. What should the nitrites and ammonia be kept at? You also mentioned something about ammonium? If I understand correctly, it's not something I will deal with, with my high pH? Or is it? If so, is there a test for that one? I know this is a ton of questions, but I'm overwhelmed with all the information and decided I would just ask. I have been trying to remember to go through your channel to use the Amazon links for my shopping to help you out. I really do appreciate all your videos!

Great video.Thanks for sharing.Have a great day.

Thank you for this vid I stopped using testing kits years ago & have also been using my plants to suss the water parameters Of to watch your smell tank vid PS do not use testing kits since I used 4 on my tank water same time ALL of them gave different results

I needed this

Super helpful. Will the sea chem Flourish kill any of my plants like the vowel, because I know not to use the sea chem excel or also called flourish excel because you said once in the video that you think that will kill the Val. Am I understanding this correctly I desperately need your help on this one.

Information packed video, good job.👍

Thank you so much for the great video 😊

Amazing Top, Top info. X X

hopefully, 0.05ppm ammonia is actually a chemical test kit which shows light green indicate 0.05ppm ... Nextly I have anubias, hornswort , javafern, Marimo Moss balls and frog bit... Are these plants effective in eating nitrates and Ammonia

amazing info

Which kind of aquarium light it is and what was the brand name?

Test your aquarium’s water by looking at the life in it, then do the boiled cabbage test. You are father fish on speed

Is 0 Nitrite , 20 ppm Nitrate and 0.05 ppm Ammonia is fine?

Do i need carbonate hardness to grow plants

there is a visual clue in malasyan trumphets?

27:39 meanwhile me whose smelling ability is messed up after getting covid☺

11:40 #6 normal leave😂

God I hate ramhorn and other pest snails lol I believe the eggs they put on plants put the holes in the leaves! Trumpet are not bad but other pest snails boo ! I can't nuke them because I got mystery snails going ha ha I do find mystery snails nock the other's back but they alway seem to come back !