tudou
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Never done this before, so was looking for some guidance from you wise sages.
Parameters are as follows (all ppm or mg/L):
Now I have stuck these into an online calculator and a few other spreadsheet calculators. my main questions are:
1. Given the parameters above, does anything stand out or is there some general advice you can give?
2. How do I decide how much of each salt to add? I know I should add enough to bring my pH down to about 5.2-5.4, but does it really matter which salt I add to achieve this? I suspect the answer is "yes" but I don't know why.
3. I'm not sure if the API test kits are measuring as CaCO3, HCO3 or CO3 - I would have thought GH (General Hardness) is CaCO3 (+ Mg) but then I'm not sure what the KH (Karbonate Hardness, ja?) is a measure of - just CO3?
Thanks guys
Parameters are as follows (all ppm or mg/L):
Calcium: 17.2 <-Quoted from another forum for my area but last taken 2003.
Magnesium: ? <-The water company no longer records this (as of 2003)
Sodium: 5.75
Sulphate: 15.078
Chloride: 11.778
Alkalinity: ~38 (Measured from my API GH hardness test kit for my aquarium)
Hardness: ~53 (API KH test kit) / 42.9 (again from the 2003 report)
Now I have stuck these into an online calculator and a few other spreadsheet calculators. my main questions are:
1. Given the parameters above, does anything stand out or is there some general advice you can give?
2. How do I decide how much of each salt to add? I know I should add enough to bring my pH down to about 5.2-5.4, but does it really matter which salt I add to achieve this? I suspect the answer is "yes" but I don't know why.
3. I'm not sure if the API test kits are measuring as CaCO3, HCO3 or CO3 - I would have thought GH (General Hardness) is CaCO3 (+ Mg) but then I'm not sure what the KH (Karbonate Hardness, ja?) is a measure of - just CO3?
Thanks guys