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Tested Water
Well here at work we have test strips to test the water.
Anyhoo, these are the results I came up with Chlorine was around .5ppm. pH was between 6.8-7.2. So id say 7 lol. and total Alkalinity was 80ppm. Maybe a little lower. How do these numbers sound? |
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Ph and Alkalinity are fine.
The Chlorine is a problem though. Chlorine is highly dangerous to fish - it burns their gill membranes making it very hard for them to breathe. When you add water to the tank, you should use a water conditioner that removes chlorine and chloramine. Heres the one I use Prime- 1 500ml bottle treats 5000g. It also removes ammonia, and nitrites (converts them to a less harmful state) and heavy metals, and detoxifies NitrAtes. Prime is the best one on the market, and with your size tank 1 100 ml bottle would last you 1000 water changes, and if you do one a week of 1g (1/3), thatll last you years and years and years. No other water conditioner can compare to prime for quality, strength, and performance. http://www.bigalsonline.ca/catalog/p...229&pcid1=2207 Last edited by Sneaky; January 28th, 2006 at 08:04 PM. |
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Thanks for the heads up. It wasnt quite .5. kinda inbetween, but i rounded up. Well it was color matching test strips, so a bit of guesstimate lol. I wish i would have seen this before I went to the pet shop. I'll pick some up. I have that beta plus stuff. But I doubt it does anything like this stuff would.
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