need salt info/etc

[marie]

Originally Posted by fishguyxd

ok with this new kit in hand (Salifert) KH/ALK
I did as directions said. I used 4 ml of water
and dropped in the whole 1 ml syringe (drop by drop) and it changed color on the last drop so i just want someone that is more familar with this test kit to tell me what the results would be so I can confirm my results. please and thanks. according to the chart 0.98 is 0.3 dkh ( I should be up around 7-11dkh) or 0.56mls on the syringe.

I maybe confused but if you dripped most of the syringe in then your DKH is actually 15.7 (very high) which would explain why your calcium is so low (its all precipitating out).

When you mix up your new water do you add the salt first and then the water? Is there a white residue in the mixing bucket?

[fishguyxd]

That brand new kit I just bought which was not to be expire till 2011 was no good
I when't to lfs store and we did a few tests compared and the salfret was reading way high.

[michika]

So which test kits are you using for what? What are your parameters now?

[fishguyxd]

right now

cal is 420
mag just under 1500
Kh 8.4
Sal 1.026

my cal kit was a aqua pharmaceutical inc
my mag is a Salifert kit
kh results were a comparison between 3 kits ( and my new kh salifert kit) which was reading 12.2 kh
and salifert kit at the lfs that was open for day to day testing which was 8.6kh
and a new hagan opened there results were 8.4 kh

All test with my kits compared to tested at lfs using with there kits.

[michika]

Do you know what you want to set your parameters at? Have you set specific levels that you want to achieve?