Alk reading?

shnabbles · Jul 30, 2005

What is a good alk reading? I just tested my alk and it came out at 700, but it could be 650 if i miscounted drops lol.
is this good or bad?

jdreef · Jul 30, 2005

your alkalinity should read between 180 to 300ppm i think your alkalinity is TOOOOOOOO high (700ppm) lol

shnabbles · Jul 30, 2005

Anyone my dKH reading is 16.8 ??
12 drops to turn yellow, divded the drops by 2, mulitplied by 2.8 to convert meq/L to dKH and i got 16.8!?

shnabbles · Jul 30, 2005

why is it so high? my calcium is at 500ppm

shnabbles · Jul 30, 2005

i retested it comes out to 300ppm but a dkh reading of 16.8 if my math is good

jdreef · Jul 30, 2005

i also think that the calcium should be between 400 to450mg/l (Ca2+) i think

jdreef · Jul 30, 2005

have you been adding buffer to your tank??

shnabbles · Jul 30, 2005

i JUST started dripping lime water

jdreef · Jul 30, 2005

o i dont know what lime water is so i think i cant help you there

shnabbles · Jul 30, 2005

kalkwasser is german for lime water... so basically im dripping kalkwasser