thank you all for all the information! I'll make a trek out to the local
hardware/nursery this weekend (or let the fingers do the shopping on-line)

linda

"linda mar" wrote in message
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hi all,

ok. I finally got my nitrate test kit, and checked my water... and it
reads
ZERO. so.. it's ammonia zero, nitrite zero, nitrate zero (kh/gh=3,
pH~7.5).
hmm...

no wonder my plants aren't growing that much. I don't have enough fish to
maintain a good level of nitrogen compounds to sustain them (may be I
should
dump in some gold fish in there...)

anyway, jokes aside...

earlier, someone also recommended that I add potassium. since I also need
nitrates, I guess the best thing to put in would be KNO3 so I can get both
K
and NO3 in the tank in one shot. I keep seeing it mentioned but I haven't
quite made the correlation between the chemical and brand/product name..

now.. where do I get this?

linda