Uploaded April 2022 | Updated September 2026, 12 hours ago
Most aquarium water test strips measure pH, GH, and KH, so how much do you need to pay attention to it? Here’s a beginner-friendly guide to the water chemistry in your fish tank, and what I personally do for my aquariums if I need to raise or lower those parameters.
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🛒 MATERIALS I USED
(I work for Aquarium Co-Op but do not receive commissions from their links.)
▶ Test strips: aquariumcoop.com/products/aquarium-co-op-multi-test-strips
▶ Catappa leaves: aquariumcoop.com/products/10-catappa-leaves
▶ Seachem Equilibrium minerals: aquariumcoop.com/products/seachem-equilibrium
▶ Crushed coral: aquariumcoop.com/products/crushed-coral-1-pound-bag
▶ Filter media bag (for crushed coral): aquariumcoop.com/products/aquarium-fish-tank-media-filter-bag
▶ Easy Green fertilizer: aquariumcoop.com/products/easy-green-all-in-one-fertilizer
📚 RESOURCES
▶ Nitrogen Uptake by Aquatic Plants (by Diana Walstad): dianawalstad.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/biolfiltration2017a.pdf
🦐 EXTRAS
▶ Instagram: instagram.com/girltalksfish
▶ Merch store: girltalksfish.creator-spring.com
EDITOR: Angela Guererro at angelaguererro.com
ATTRIBUTION
Music from Epidemic Sound: epidemicsound.com/referral/2earpi (if you use my referral link, I get 1 month free 😀)
RODI unit by Kingfish101 from commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rodi.jpg
Doctoral cap by RRZEicons at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Doctoral-cap.svg
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#girltalksfish #waterchemistry #aquarium
0:00 Is aquarium water chemistry important?
0:30 What is pH?
1:11 What is KH?
1:54 What is GH?
3:00 How to lower pH, KH, & GH
5:41 How to raise pH, KH, & GH
7:05 My recommendation for lazy fishkeepers
Most aquarium water test strips measure pH, GH, and KH, so how much do you need to pay attention to it? Here’s a beginner-friendly guide to the water chemistry in your fish tank, and what I personally do for my aquariums if I need to raise or lower those parameters.
🐟 SUBSCRIBE so you won’t miss my latest video: youtube.com/channel/UCNoNEF64ijgxK6OSTwdHOFA?sub_confirmation=1
🌿 BECOME A MEMBER for bonus content: youtube.com/channel/UCNoNEF64ijgxK6OSTwdHOFA/join
🛒 MATERIALS I USED
(I work for Aquarium Co-Op but do not receive commissions from their links.)
▶ Test strips: aquariumcoop.com/products/aquarium-co-op-multi-test-strips
▶ Catappa leaves: aquariumcoop.com/products/10-catappa-leaves
▶ Seachem Equilibrium minerals: aquariumcoop.com/products/seachem-equilibrium
▶ Crushed coral: aquariumcoop.com/products/crushed-coral-1-pound-bag
▶ Filter media bag (for crushed coral): aquariumcoop.com/products/aquarium-fish-tank-media-filter-bag
▶ Easy Green fertilizer: aquariumcoop.com/products/easy-green-all-in-one-fertilizer
📚 RESOURCES
▶ Nitrogen Uptake by Aquatic Plants (by Diana Walstad): dianawalstad.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/biolfiltration2017a.pdf
🦐 EXTRAS
▶ Instagram: instagram.com/girltalksfish
▶ Merch store: girltalksfish.creator-spring.com
EDITOR: Angela Guererro at angelaguererro.com
ATTRIBUTION
Music from Epidemic Sound: epidemicsound.com/referral/2earpi (if you use my referral link, I get 1 month free 😀)
RODI unit by Kingfish101 from commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rodi.jpg
Doctoral cap by RRZEicons at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Doctoral-cap.svg
Downcast emoji by Twitter at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Twemoji2_1f614.svg
#girltalksfish #waterchemistry #aquarium
0:00 Is aquarium water chemistry important?
0:30 What is pH?
1:11 What is KH?
1:54 What is GH?
3:00 How to lower pH, KH, & GH
5:41 How to raise pH, KH, & GH
7:05 My recommendation for lazy fishkeepers
