Fish: Re: [tropical fish club] Connie's Tank tested for KH and GH

Yep, Bill, I keep a notebook on my tank from day one. I can't remember
everything that has happened to the tank on a daily basis and it does come
in handy to refer back to. When I kept several tanks years ago this was a
must so as not to get confused on which tank did what and when and when what
maintenance was done to which tank. It helps a lot!

Thanks to everyone for the help on the KH/GH questions.... : )
Connie

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From: bill 1433
Date: 09/19/12 05:39:45
To: tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [tropical fish club] Connie's Tank tested for KH and GH

Hi Suzy,

Just wanted to say thanks for those links. The information supplied
with them is very good. I am one of those people that must fool with his
water because most of the dealers around here all keep neutral tanks. My
water parameters are a mess. pH of 5.5 to 5.8, I have no hardness values at
all and this is all well water. As you can see this requires
a great deal of adding and preparing on my part.

Connie, mentioned that she is keeping Ray's mail reply's back to her. It's
a good practice. I have been in the hobby for quite a while, but since
joining a few groups, have found that keeping Ray's mail, comes in very
handy, and also keeps me from asking the same questions twice. <G> On my
yahoo mail page you can find a folder called
"Ray". I haven't heard it mentioned on this thread yet, at least I don't
think I have, but keeping a notebook is not a bad idea at all. Writing
things down upon my return to the hobby a few years back made things a lot
easier. I can tell you that a good bit of it contains many of Ray's
comments out here on group.

Take care and thanks again for those links! They are in the notebook! <g>

bill in pa

--- On Wed, 9/19/12, Suzy Hermes <suzyhermes@hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: Suzy Hermes <suzyhermes@hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [tropical fish club] Connie's Tank tested for KH and GH
> To: tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 6:38 AM
> Hi Connie,
> You are not the only one confused by kh/gh.
> Kh is carbonate hardness/gh is general hardness of water.
> Yes, the numbers apply to both. Yes, they can vary.
>
> Carbonates, are utilized by the good bacteria and when it
> get's below a certain point your tank will "crash". (Ph
> drop). Since this is the fish group your requirements may be
> different but on the frog group we would recommend your
> doing a partial water change and testing your tap. If kh
> runs low (soft water)you would need to do something to get
> it up to above 107ish. We like it around 125. It gives
> us room before a crash. Not sure how you guys do it but we
> recommend Seachem's phosphate buffering system for your tank
> to deal with soft water from your tap. It just makes
> life a whole lot easier.
>
> Gh is the overall concentration of calcium<http://www.theaquariumwiki
com/Calcium>,
> magnesium<http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/Magnesium> and other
> ions. Not sure what fish requirements are but we would
> recommend Seachem's Replenish to raise it around
> 125-150. Aquatic animals need a certain level of
> minerals.
>
> If you want to read more: http://www.theaquariumwiki
com/Beginning_Fishkeeping-Practical_Freshwater_Chemistry<http://www
theaquariumwiki.com/Beginning_Fishkeeping-Practical_Freshwater_Chemistry>
>
> Let's see what your team suggests.
> Suzy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Connie Watson<mailto:clw51@cox.net>
> To: Tropical Fish Club<mailto:tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com>
>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 10:23 PM
> Subject: [tropical fish club] Connie's Tank tested
> for KH and GH
>
>
>
> OK, got the KH and GH test kit today from Amazon.
> Tested the tank water as per instructions.
>
> KH test took 8 drops to turn the water yellow.
> GH took 3 drops to turn the water green.
>
> What that means I am not sure.
> The conversion chart has three columns
> # of drops degree dKH ppm GH/KH
>
> I understand the # of drops column.
> But the degree of dKH, does that only apply to the KH
> test?
> And the last column, ppm GH/KH, does that apply to
> both tests?
>
> My KH was 8 drops which is 8 degrees KH and 143.2 ppm
> GH/KH.
> My GH was 3 drops which is 3 degrees KH and 53.7 ppm
> GH/KH.
>
> Now can someone please tell me what these numbers
> mean? LOL!
> This is all Greek to me! Is it unusual for these two
> values to be so far
> apart?
>
> Also I did a regular water test at 6pm and the
> results are:
> PH - 8.2
> Ammonia - still at .25
> Nitrite - still at 0
> Nitrate - 30 - I think these are rising a bit.
>
> Thanks so much,
> Connie
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