I buy RO water from wal mart. I keep lights on for 8 hours a day. Also i have 2 korila nano PH's in my tank, there are really no dead spots. I feed mysids every three days, not much since i only have one fish right now.
My parameters
PH- 8.3
rates- 5
rites-0
KH- 10
ammonia- 0
Pho- 0
Cal- 400...