Freshwater Water Chemistry (Part 2)

In episode 9, the crew breaks down part 2 of water chemistry!  We discuss conductivity, hardness, alkalinity and why they are important for stabilizing your water and pH.  We cover dissolved gasses, the dangers of extremely low oxygen and extremely high nitrogen in your system and what to do about it.  Next, we talk about phosphates, their source and what happens when levels get high.  Finally, we touch on iron, calcium and magnesium.  To finish the episode we talk about ORP which we can all agree isn't something we actually care about, right? This podcast is brought to you by stonefish.  Despite its name, if you step on a stonefish you will not get stoned.  In fact quite the opposite.  The venomous  spine of stonefish has been sobering up beachgoers since before there were beaches.  Thank you stonefish! Thanks for listening to Gettin’ Fishy With It! You can find our website with show notes at ⁠⁠https://gettingfishypod.substack.com/⁠⁠. You can find us on twitter at ⁠⁠@gettinfishypod⁠⁠, and on Instagram ⁠⁠@gettingfishypod⁠⁠. You can also find us on ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠. If you want to drop us an email, you can send your complaints (or questions!) to [email protected]. Our theme music is “Best Time” by ⁠⁠FASSOUNDS⁠⁠. Our audio is edited by Amber Park Chiodini. Amber has her own podcast all about movies, called ⁠⁠So What Happens Next?⁠⁠ We very much appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ninth episode! Please help out the podcast by subscribing on your podcast platform of choice. If you could leave us a review, that would be super helpful! If you would like to support the show, you can sign up as a paid member on our ⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠, or you can ⁠⁠buy us a coffee⁠⁠! Thanks and we’ll “sea” you again in two weeks!