New plants

• pH:
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• GH:
• NH4:
• NO2:
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• Iron:
• Dosing: 30 mL KNO3 (7.5 ppm), 30 mL KH2PO4 (1.2 ppm)
• NO3:PO4 Cumulative Dosing Ratio:

Notes:
I received some plants today: 2 Anubias nana, 1 Echinodorus 'kleiner bar,' 2 bunches Rotala magenta, 2 stems Lobelia cardinalis (small form).

There were snail eggs all over the nana and the kleiner bar, so I spent some time scraping those things off--gross. I usually soak the plants in a 1 Tbsp aluminum sulfate/Liter water solution for a couple hours to try to kill those snails, but I probably don't soak them long enough, or it's not concentrated enough, since usually one or two snails make it through. So far, though, I 've been able to catch and squash the one or two snails that sneak into the tank.

I did a (slightly over) 50% water change today, since I needed to clean out the clogged sponge prefilters anyways:
25 mL Amquel+
3 tsp baking soda
1 tsp Equilibrium

I cleaned out the sponge prefilters of both the filters and cleaned out the AquaClear filter. I left the Eheim alone.

I'm trying to lower the GH from about 8-9 to 5-6, so I only added one tsp of Equilibrium. I'll measure the GH tomorrow, since it takes several hours for the Equilibrium to fully dissolve in the water.