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Source of p04? Could it come from the water bottles??
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Geeze. Sounds like a number you should be getting from testing skimmate.
First of all, thank you everyone. You really are a helpful group of people and I genuinely appreciate it.
I'm buying a ro/di setup now. I give in. I'm done buying toilet water at champagne prices.
I went in to Fish and Pets Plus (yes now I am name dropping) and I politely told Rich there was something wrong with the water. Matter of fact, no attitude, just here it is. First I was met with denial and when I tested his current batch of water at 650 TDS right in front of him he seemed genuinely pissed... at me.
On a separate note - I asked him last weekend what he keeps his alkalinity at. He said 1.024 .... I said "no no, your dkh" he said "Oh it's all the way up there".....???
Mystery solved I guess.
I'm buying a ro/di setup now. I give in. I'm done buying toilet water at champagne prices.
I went in to Fish and Pets Plus (yes now I am name dropping) and I politely told Rich there was something wrong with the water. Matter of fact, no attitude, just here it is. First I was met with denial and when I tested his current batch of water at 650 TDS right in front of him he seemed genuinely pissed... at me.
On a separate note - I asked him last weekend what he keeps his alkalinity at. He said 1.024 .... I said "no no, your dkh" he said "Oh it's all the way up there".....???
Mystery solved I guess.
650 is crazy high ,did you try a control just to ensure the accuracy of the tds meter. Only reason I ask is if he was running the same water on his tanks he would have a green mess. He always says to me he can't keep lawnmower blennys alive because of the lack of algae. Would imagine toilet water is 650 ppm
This was rodi.
Bob tested the meter before he gave it to me, so I do feel like its right.
I tested my tap water at 350 and the water in my Brita jug was 312. So, higher is higher, even if it wasn't calibrated. The Hannah said the p04 was .22 so two digital meters aren't likely to both be wrong or I'd be inclined to question it myself.
Bob tested the meter before he gave it to me, so I do feel like its right.
I tested my tap water at 350 and the water in my Brita jug was 312. So, higher is higher, even if it wasn't calibrated. The Hannah said the p04 was .22 so two digital meters aren't likely to both be wrong or I'd be inclined to question it myself.
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Wow, just checking back to this thread and can't believe the test results you got. I'm not saying you're wrong, but I never would have expected it to be that high. I know Bob and if he says it's accurate, then I believe him. Besides, as Bryan said, even if it wasn't 100% accurate, the LFS water is clearly way higher than his straight tap water so that water most certainly is not even close to acceptable as RO/DI.
For it to be that high, it has to be because it's saltwater, not RO/DI. The sg reading of 1.012 shows me that there is some salt in there. Perhaps they started making a batch of sw, then never finished and ended up using/selling that batch as ro/di?
In addition, I have a feeling that they may have also used the RO waste water for this as well. (Accidental or purposely, I can't say for sure, but combining that with a partial salt mix could give you that crazy TDS reading.)
Anyway, you learned the hard way as most people in this hobby do. For now on, I'll recommend that anyone getting into this hobby purchase a RO/DI system before buying a tank! IMO, it's one of the most important pieces of equipment that you can't do without. Even if you're getting your WC water straight from the ocean... you still need top off water and that needs to be clean.
For it to be that high, it has to be because it's saltwater, not RO/DI. The sg reading of 1.012 shows me that there is some salt in there. Perhaps they started making a batch of sw, then never finished and ended up using/selling that batch as ro/di?
In addition, I have a feeling that they may have also used the RO waste water for this as well. (Accidental or purposely, I can't say for sure, but combining that with a partial salt mix could give you that crazy TDS reading.)
Anyway, you learned the hard way as most people in this hobby do. For now on, I'll recommend that anyone getting into this hobby purchase a RO/DI system before buying a tank! IMO, it's one of the most important pieces of equipment that you can't do without. Even if you're getting your WC water straight from the ocean... you still need top off water and that needs to be clean.