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08-15-2006, 09:02 PM
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Salifert test question
Looking at the top of the black part of the piston on the syringe is it reading .55 or .65? I say its .55 but I need to be sure.
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08-15-2006, 09:04 PM
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Looks like 55 to me
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08-15-2006, 09:05 PM
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The Muddy Mod
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Yup! .55
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08-15-2006, 09:06 PM
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The Muddy Mod
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Which test is running that low?
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08-15-2006, 09:07 PM
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Little Fishy
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.55
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08-15-2006, 09:11 PM
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My DkH. I was not paying attention and bam. I thinks its from frequent waterchanges using oceanic salt. It was much lower a few days ago. I am bringing it up slowly. I knew it was .55 but I needed to be sure because you need to be exact when adding an alkalinity supplement. I don't need to zero out all my levels. The directions on the salifert kits are not to precise, especially when it tells you to turn the syringe upside down and read it backwards |
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08-15-2006, 09:23 PM
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I was going to add a FTS but the halides went out. Gotta wait until they cool off then I will turn them back on
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08-15-2006, 09:45 PM
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Last edited by PelagicMagic; 08-15-2006 at 10:24 PM.
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08-16-2006, 09:12 AM
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Little Fishy
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when you filled the syringe to 1.0, which part of the piston did you stop with. the front, middle or back? thats what you will need to measure with. if you stopped at 1.0 on the syringe with the back, then measure .55 with the front, your reading is off. it would be .58. make since?
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08-16-2006, 09:14 AM
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The Muddy Mod
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NICE TANK!! LOVE your Monti cap!!
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08-16-2006, 09:25 AM
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Stinky Slimey FEESH
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That is one beautiful tank!
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08-17-2006, 04:53 PM
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ok I tested a fresh batch of ASW and got a DKH reading that was higher than my tank. I have been adding seachem alk booster for a week now and cannot get it shift upward. I need some help
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08-17-2006, 05:04 PM
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The Border Collie Mod
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Go buy 7 boxes of Arm and Hammer baking soda.
Spread one box out thin on a glass pyrex baking pan.
Put in oven.
Turn oven on to 400
Bake in oven for four hours
Let cool
Mix with the 6 un-baked boxes of Arm and Hammer
Add some to tank and test, keeping count of how much you add each time you test. When it's over, you'll know how much to add each time.
EDIT: this isn't too clear
Add some to a plastic water container (RO/DI), mix it up, and then add it to the tank.
With this you don't have to worry about jiggling your alk too fast.
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Last edited by Spanky; 08-17-2006 at 05:13 PM.
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